Lathem is already working toward that future, and Bill Lathem predicts that technologies like biometrics ... clocks. For now, employees still have to interact at least a little with machines.

They all use biometrics, sophisticated sensor or optical ... Gone are the days when workers inserted a paper timecard into a manual time-clock machine, which “punched” in the date and time.

London Underground cleaners are unhappy about the use of fingerprint technology London Underground cleaners are protesting against the introduction of fingerprint recognition machines. On Thursday ...

She's one of many employees who now use biometric technology, such as fingerprint scanning, to clock in and out — and that number is rising. Biometrics is already a billion-dollar industry.