TheDepartment of Homeland Securityis plan a survey to come up out if humanbody odorcan be used as a biometric identifier and/or a means of detecting a prevarication .
DHS is presently compile human odor sample and get down preliminary employment to uncover indicators that could be used against potential felon . Essentially , they conceive that an smell may not only be alone to a particular individual , but can also a “ useful index of certain human behaviors . ” This research has a groundwork in recent studies that have used gas chromatography - mass spectroscopic analysis to analyze organic compounds in human sweat . These studies have indicated that there may very well be marking compound in human sweat that can be used to identify individuals , and that these “ odor fingerprint ” can commute over time for as yet unknown reason .
Naturally , civil liberties pleader ( specially the smelly ace ) are taking issue with this research , claiming that the department had “ lose priorities . ”
“ The history of DHS ’ deployment of these applied science has been one colossal failure after another , ” he said . “ There is nolie detector . This research has been a long , meandering journey , which has consider us down one unsighted alley after another . ”
Personally , I would have to agree with the ACLU on this one . I ’m no scientist , but I would imagine that there are too many variables like diet and scented perfumes / creams that could lead in inconsistencies . It seems like less of an exact science than other biometric technologies . [ UPI ]
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