Technology created in a 佪圖appKC lab; 佪圖appKC Innovation Center brought company together.
, a Kansas City startup whose technology was developed by a professor, beat seven other finalists from across the nation to win Monday night’s .
Get in the Ring is a startup pitch competition that allows entrepreneurs to compete for funding. The Kauffman Foundation hosted the event as part of . EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush will fly to the Netherlands this week to compete at the global finals on Nov. 22 for a chance at more than $1 million in funding.
EyeVerify is a mobile app that works in nearly every smartphone on the market, and can identify a person by scanning the blood-vessel patterns in the whites of their eyes. Judges at the competition likely recognized what the EyeVerify team has long understood – that smartphone users all over the globe could potentially use their “eye prints” to unlock accounts and access files.
Reza Derakhshani, an associate professor in 佪圖appKC’s , created the technology in a 佪圖appKC lab. The then-unnamed technology was notable for the fact that it was nearly foolproof. After all, the vasculature in every person’s eyes are unique. Twins, and even clones, don’t share the same vasculature. And, unlike fingerprints, vasculature patterns are more private and secure.
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Reviewed 2013-11-20