If you're the gambling type, there's a good chance you'll be using a biometric machine if you need some quick cash. The next generation Infonox, in Santa Clara, Calif., installed ACMs, automated cashier machines, at Harrah's casino last month. The Infonox machine uses facial recognition. The first time you use it, it takes your picture and gives you a receipt, which you take to the cashier. You're now enrolled in the system.
People are skeptical when they first approach the device.
They're used to a certain operation style and now suddenly that device says it wants to take your picture. They get enrolled in the system and then discover the value of the machine when they come back for the second transaction. There are about 80 of them, but the system only requires 14 to 22 to do the recognition. Zelazny says it doesn't matter if you've grown a beard or had a nose job since the original picture was taken, the machine will still know it's you. A San Francisco company is also using facial scans in its RPMs, rapid pay machines.