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Fraud resistant ID card

01 January 1994

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Digital Equipment, Philips Novatronics, Joh. Enschede printers and Unicate in Groningen, Holland, have formed a consortium to produce and market a cheap and "fraud-resistant" identification card under the name "3DAS". The ID card holds a three-dimensional pattern of synthetic fibres that can be read by a scanning device, thus simulating a unique "fingerprint" which can be digitized and recorded in a computer. The card has no electromagnetic components or memory, so it can hold no information by itself. 3DAS will soon be introduced in a number of Dutch hospitals, and the consortium aims to secure a big market through the "Hilary Plan", the US governments' initiative to reform the national health service.

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