people through biometrics. Bank United, with headquarters in Texas, is the first bank in the United States to install iris-recognition ATMs (automated-teller machines). Customers simply walk up to the ATM and look at a camera to access their accounts. The camera instantly locates and photographs the customers' irises. These cameras can capture an acceptable image through glasses, contact lenses, and most sunglasses. If the customers' iris data matches the record stored at the time of enrollment, the ATM will grant customers access. Researchers at IriScan, the developer of iris-scan technology, claim that the matching accuracy of iris recognition is greater than that of DNA testing.” (Webb, p. 71) Other exciting changes include the ability better document photographs of missing children as well as convicted felons aiding in law enforcement across the globe. However, as with all new developments there is a seedy underbelly to having digital imaging. One of the first publicized examples that brought light to the fact that being able to alter photographs easily may not always be the best idea occurred in 1994. US News and World Report reported that in the wake of Nicole Brown Simpson's murder, an altered photo of O. J. Simpson, in which his face appears darker than in real life, appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. Even though the magazine apologized one week later it was apparent that other altered photographs could find their way to the cover of a national press. As fore-mentioned, this brave new world of digital imaging was showing its good and bad side.As time marches on so does the flow of new technology. Even though the old form of analog photography may never become obsolete it is abundantly clear that digital imaging is here to stay. FS FINAL: How Digital Processes Change Photography...
