The Alaska Airlines-using-biometrics story is getting a lot of coverage by the international media, and rightly so, for perhaps working on bringing about a tectonic shift in air travel. The airline is working on replacing boarding passes with biometrics!

Commuting to the metro station took longer than ever. What really my heart sink was well-knowing the fact that the fingerprint attendance system at my workplace would know the exact time of me reaching work, and that would land me up in trouble.