Gadgetory

Qualcomm has cooked up a new way to get more accurate fingerprint scanning even if your finger is covered in goop or wet I'm just AG adult court and I'm going to show you how this works now this is called the Snapdragon sense IV 3d fingerprint technology it's quite a mouthful but what it basically means is that the company is using ultrasonics so that's high-frequency sound waves to get your fingerprint that means also that you can embed this directly into the bottom of the device instead of having to embed it into a button so for a very quick demo I'm going to press the area on the bottom of the screen and my fingerprint or part of my fingerprint will show up here on the right the sound waves can actually collect quite a lot of data about your fingerprint and what makes it unique including the ridges on the edge of your finger and your sweat pores the idea is that you'll be able to replace most of your passwords with just your fingerprint scan and that it will be much more secure we'll start seeing this new kind of 3d fingerprint scanning and devices starting in 2015 I'm Jessica doll court for seen it you can read much more about this at cnet com