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Identity vs. Identification Identificaiton in history Biometric technologies Face recognition Iris recognition fingerprint identification Palm recognition Voice recognition Gait recognition Other biometric technologies Biometrics applications: gate keeping Biometrics applications: physical access Biometrics applications: access to rights Biometric applications: surveillance Biometrics applications: privacy issues  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Satellites Communications satellites are relay stations for radio signals and provide reliable and distance-independent high-speed connections even at remote locations without high-bandwidth infrastructure. On point-to-point transmission, the transmission method originally employed on, satellites face increasing competition from fiber optic cables, so point-to-multipoint transmission increasingly becomes the ruling satellite technology. Point-to-multipoint transmission enables the quick implementation of private networks consisting of very small aperture terminals (VSAT). Such networks are independent and make mobile access possible. In the future, satellites will become stronger, cheaper and their orbits will be lower; their services might become as common as satellite TV is today. For more information about satellites, see How Satellites Work (http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/satellites) and the Tech Museum's satellite site (http://www.thetech.org/hyper/satellite). http://www.whatis.com/vsat.htm http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/satellites