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    Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/16/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    How do they let in people who don't have hands? It's a small minority, I know, but still.


    Also, this: "Yes, that's the same team of geniuses who gave us the legendary Magic Wand vibrator; I'd say Hitachi knows what it's doing when it comes to innovations that involve the human body."


    is LOL-worthy.

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    Image of Nivair H. Gabriel Nivair H. Gabriel
    11/16/08

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: Oh, Evil Tortie's Mom. I knew you would know what's up. ;)
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/15/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    I think you'd want to wash your hands AFTER you use it.
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    Image of elchucko elchucko
    11/15/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    Sign me up, I want one on the house, the car, at work, etc.


    Honestly though, one thing that could suck: Not having a back up, and having your finger, how should I say, unavailable?

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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/15/08

    @elchucko: RTFA
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/15/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    that's pretty awesome... i'd like to see a VeinID, frankly... i'm sure it would look pretty cool as wall art - intricate and ornate.


    but i doubt anyone would volunteer theirs up seeing as it will be used as a means of identification.

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    Image of Johnny Dactyl Johnny Dactyl
    11/15/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    GATTACA! GATTACA!


    Wow sorry, but yeah that is (semi easily) thwarted assuming you have the person who's identity you wished to steal held captive... or drugged, taken a large sample of blood and given a forget me now.


    Also when bio-engineered humans come around this can be used to filter the invalids and create a rift in society where the un-engineered are not chosen over their genetically superior counter part!

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/15/08

    @Finstern: "taken a large sample of blood and given a forget me now."


    It reads the pattern of your blood veins, not your actual blood.

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/15/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE...
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    Image of GiltProto GiltProto
    11/15/08

    In reply to Your Blood Is Your New Passport with VeinID
    So it should work with just about any organ you could stick in there, right?
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/15/08

    @GiltProto: ...
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