- 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
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Invention
According to the  WIPO an invention is a "... novel idea which permits in practice the solution of a specific problem in the field of technology." Concerning its protection by law the idea "... must be new in the sense that is has not already been published or publicly used; it must be non-obvious in the sense that it would not have occurred to any specialist in the particular industrial field, had such a specialist been asked to find a solution to the particular problem; and it must be capable of industrial application in the sense that it can be industrially manufactured or used." Protection can be obtained through a patent (granted by a government office) and typically is limited to 20 years.
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