When we hear the term “Biometrics”, the first thing that comes to mind is an advanced or futuristic security system and we automatically remember films like Star Wars and James Bond. What do these films have in common and how are they related to biometrics? The answer is simple, the security system in the doors. Star Wars characters don't use handles to open doors, they use a kind of palm print scanner and in the James Bond films we can see how they open doors with fingerprint scanners, palm prints, voice and hand recognition. 'iris. Biometrics is defined as “the measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral characteristics primarily as a means of verifying personal identity” by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Biometric systems are so attractive because they allow us to recognize or identify a person using unique characteristics and traits they possess, such as DNA and fingerprints. Biometric systems are present all over the world and we use them every day, airports use biometric recognition by taking digital photos and scanning the fingerprints of all the people who decide to travel and some airports use other types of biometric recognition such as scanning the palm print to be aware of the traveler's identity. Biometrics is a new identification system that will be crucial to the development and survival of future businesses. The first idea of ​​biometrics appeared thousands of years ago when cavemen used their hands and, in some cases, fingerprints to sign their drawings (Biometric Authentication). This practice was not really effective but had the same basic concept that unique traits, such as handprints, will be able to identify us. In 1891, an Argentine detective named Juan Vucetich began creating a collection of finge...... middle of paper ......An Overview", Second Generation Biometrics: The Ethical, Legal and Social Context, E Mordini and D. Tzovaras (eds.), pp. 49-79, Springer, 2012.S Prabhakar, A. Ivanisov and AK Jain, "Biometric Recognition: Sensor Characteristics and Image Quality", IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society Magazine, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 10-16, June 2011A. K. Jain, A. Ross and K. Nandakumar, "Introduction to Biometrics", Springer, 2011Babich, Aleksandra “Biometric Authentication: Types of biometric identifiers”. HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, 2012: Helsinki, 2012. PDFWikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 November 2013. Web. Merriam-Webster.com, 2013. Web November 2013. "DNA". 2013.