| This paper involves an overall review of current biometric technologies as well as an exploratory study of an iris recognition system from Iridian Technologies, designed for use with a personal computer. In testing this device, two questions were posed. The first is that of whether the average computer user would have any difficulty enrolling and verifying the enrollment. The second is whether that same computer user would feel comfortable trusting the device for use as a daily security measure.; The testing involved recruiting a pool of forty volunteers from the general population found in a computer lab on the campus of Speed Scientific School. These forty volunteers were each asked to enroll both their left and right iris into the system, and then verify that enrollment using the Human Authentication API Sample Application (HAAPI) provided with the PCIris. Each volunteer was asked to fill out a questionnaire after testing was completed, in an attempt to measure his or her comfort with the device. Once this general pool of volunteers was tested, more in-depth testing was done to measure device performance under conditions not recommended by the maker of the device.; The results of both the testing and the questionnaire are presented and discussed, as well as recommendations for future testing. |
