Advanced Technology Service (ATS), a US start-up, has combined personal and biometric data to develop technology that can be used in debit or credit cards.
The product in the final stage of development is called SpanCard Ultra Secure and is a barcode printed on plastic card stock the size of a credit card.
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Senior developer and programmer Larry Smith said: "Our proprietary software blends certain personal ID data with biometric data, and the result is a barcode on a card. Reverse engineering of the barcode is impossible since the number of possible incorrect results is in multiple of trillions of combinations and even then proprietary software would still be required. As for reverse engineering the software, any attempts to do so will simply cause the software to self-destruct."
ATS co-owner Chris Spangler "Our program’s use spans so many different industries that we had to call it SpanCard. It can be used as a standalone ID card or incorporated with any bank debit or credit card."
ATS expects the card to be rolled out in late 2013.
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