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A group of ICT students from Uganda’s Makerere University have come up with a way to start cars with fingerprints rather than car keys.
On installation, the owner has to place his or her print in the system, and it is then stored on the fingerprints module. The module has two buttons: one for adding prints and the other for erasing prints, in case the owner is selling the car or perhaps wants to remove one of the authorised prints.
The device has a Global System for Mobile (GSM) module that sends a message to the owner’s mobile phone if an unauthorized person tries to start the car.
The innovation was part of the student’s final project which is a requirement for the completion of the Software Engineering programme.
The fingerprint ignition system also has an LCD (liquid crystal display) screen that gives you feedback of the options: deleting, adding, starting the car or errors if a fingerprints is not in the system.
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