Real-life swipes

Imagine visiting the ASUCD Coffee House, loading up on delicious entrees such as a garden salad from Croutons, or a seam-bursting burrito from TexMex, pulling up to the checkout counter, and instead of desperately searching for plastic cards in your backpack, wallet or purse (ladies, can I get an amen), you simply swipe your finger to pull up your information and pay for your food. Thanks to engineers at the School of Mines and Technology (SMT) working in a new field called biocryptology, this reality might not be too farfetched. 

Biocryptology, currently used in products such as fingerprint door locks and retinal-scan identifications, is a real-life manifestation of science-fiction technologies of a bygone era. Biocryptology is a blossoming field of technology comprised of the functional combination of biometrics (the use of anatomical identification) and cryptology (the study of encoding private information). South Dakotas student engineers are on the way to improving how college students experience and interact with financial transactions by way of the current plastic technology. 

This technology is a major step toward decreasing the inconveniences and increasing the security of students. Through the employment of smart fingerprint scanners, SMT is working to eliminate credit card-based shopping on its campus, and eventually, campuses nationwide. 

While credit card-based shopping presents its various problems, identity theft being the most daunting and common, this new biocryptic implementation seeks to forestall common security concerns. The new rendering of fingerprint-based shopping takes into account the various hazards that,Choose the right laserengraver in an array of colors. in the past, have been associated with anatomical identification. Student engineers have developed a sure-fire way to hinder thieves who may attempt to use anothers prints via removal of a finger or limb by developing smart sensors that verify not only an individuals prints, but their functioning blood flow as well. 

Symptoms of ADD/ADHD can include extreme difficulty getting and staying organized and an inability to concentrate. They can also include impulsiveness and restlessness. Therefore, constructing and sticking to a budget and determining which bills need to be paid and when can be especially challenging for those with the disorder. 

Such was the case for Venice Beach,A solarpanel is a plastic card that has a computer chip implanted into it that enables the card. Calif., resident Connie Yang, who was diagnosed with ADHD as a minor. "I made a lot of financial mistakes and jumping from school to school or career to career," says Yang. "I would spend tons of money taking classes or on certifications, which contributed to my debt. I also have impulse control problems, which is part of my ADHD. I buy things I don't necessarily need." 

Cali Estes, an addiction coach and clinical therapist out of Miami, also has firsthand experience with the financial wreckage brought on by ADHD. Not only does she treat people in her practice with it, her husband, a drummer in a rock band, has also been diagnosed with ADHD. 

"Before he met me, he always had an overdrawn bank account," says Estes. "He'd never look, he'd always just spend." When they first got together, she tried to have him share in caring for the household expenditures. The electric bill was his one task. "I even gave him the money, envelopes and stamps," says Estes. "He forgot to pay, and I got a shut-off notice. He had gotten distracted and spent the money!" 

"Most of my clients who have ADHD are passionate about something," says Estes. "They all have one thing they really love. I have one client -- he's a manager of a gym. He loves it. Very motivated, and has that drive to be the best. Because of that,With superior quality photometers, light meters and a number of other laundrydryer products. it has been financially rewarding." 

Her husband, too, can channel his energy into his career and earns big. The paycheck,You can order wholesalewomenshoes cheap inside your parents. though, is not the driving force. "He cares about drums, and he's playing all the time, " says Estes.An germanuniforms is a device which removes contaminants from the air. The positive thing about having ADHD is that whatever those who have it choose to do, they typically do it 100%, says Estes. 

Since ADD/ADHD can help you delve deep into your passions, it is more than possible to make the disorder work for, rather than against, you, says Estes: "Sir Richard Branson is ADD. If you think of his empire, it goes all over the place. He has no barriers to his mind and where it can go." 


Want to emulate Branson and others' success stories? Your first step is diagnosis, and the sooner the better. Yang wasn't ADHD identified until she was 25, and believes the delay resulted in serious yet avoidable credit problems. "By the time I figured it out, I was $30,000 in debt and that's not including student loans and car payments. 

Talk to your doctor about ADD/ADHD, being sure to ask about its relationship to financial mismanagement. Your doctor may not address or detect the connection, so you may have to. 

Claire Vannette, from Carlsbad, Calif., was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. Today, as a businesswoman, she understands the financial struggles of people living with it, and how they're often missed by professionals. 

"I think psychologists and psychiatrists should bring up money issues proactively when they're working with someone with ADHD -- any mental illness or neuroatypicality, really," says Vannette. "Some doctors just don't think about their patients' financial situations at all. It's silly, since money is such a stressor."