Max, Abbie, Kalen, and Cassie Members of B.U.N.S The F.O.O.D Initiative. Max, Abbie, Kalen, and Cassie Members of B.U.N.S

B.U.N.S B- Biometric’s U- Ultimate N- New S- Security

F.O.O.D F-Fingerprint O-Optical O-Online D-Device

Our Mission Our mission is to create a safe and cost-effective way to prevent people from using someone else’s admission pass into H.A.M:) (Have A Moment  Amusement Park)

Security Outline F.O.O.D uses optical fingerprinting connected to a USB to safely identify the user while allowing them admittance to H.A.M. By scanning their fingerprint, and giving the “Go” code, the USB will light up green when it’s user entered it’s fingerprint correctly and it’s connected to a computer.

The Science Behind It Optical Fingerprint scanners are really easy to understand. They read the light input from the sensor pixel by pixel, the ridges being darker and the valleys being lighter. This is coded into electrical signals that match up with the information already stored.

The Science Behind It USB’s work on the electrical memory that computers use. The memory is stored in electrical signals that travel back and forth between them. The light from the Optical sensor reads the information and then will send that information in “Computer Language” through electrical signals in the USB. The computer reads this information and then checks if it is the same as the information stored on the computer.

How the System Works The flash drive is activated by the correct thumbprint, causing the LED lights to turn green. When F.O.O.D. is plugged into the park’s computer system, all the person’s or family’s information that was entered when ordered online or when purchased at the park is available. When entering the park, the USB must be activated and plugged into the park’s computer system in order to allow admission. If credit card information is included in F.O.O.D., payments can be made for concessions or park admission by inserting the drive into the computer and clicking on the “Pay with Card” option.

Design Food comes with a necklace but can be shortened so it can be worn as a bracelet or anklet. Food is just a slightly larger version of a flash drive. It lights up different colors depending on how you customize it. You can make it light up one color if it recognizes the finger print and light up a different color if it doesn’t. You can also make it flash random colors during the day just so you look cool. The cover surrounding the scanner is water proof and it comes with covers for where you plug into a computer and the scanner itself.

Limitations Limitations may include people that have wet hands would not have their fingerprint read properly. The light would hit the water and reflect in a way that would prevent the ridges and valleys to be seen. Pruning of the fingers would distort the fingerprint in a way that would make the ridges and valleys further apart from each other and unlike the fingerprint that they had originally put into the system. To solve both of these problems, people would simply have to dry their hands off before use or wait for their hands to go back to normal before use.

Privacy Another limitation to this product is the fact that some people may find this to be a privacy issue with having the credit card information, address, and phone number on their USB. They may also be concerned with the fact of their fingerprints being used and stored in a computer. This wouldn’t be a problem considering that the data would be stored on a separate program from the rest of the system. It would also be protected with passwords.

Success Story We have already installed F.O.O.D into Holiday World and it has worked wonderfully. There was little change that had to be made to the park and installation costs were minimum. Holiday World has reported and increase of tickets sales because of the fact that people cant share admission tickets.

Family Plan The normal plan for just one person is 50 dollars plus admission for that day (unless you purchase a season pass) There is also the option for a family plan where instead of having one scanner for each person there would be one scanner for the whole family The extra cost would be 20 dollars per person You can add a person by going into the settings area on the computer and click add a family member

Beating the System Beating the system would include having to take a thumbprint of someone using putty and hold it up to the scanner. Yet, this may turn difficult to do considering there would be people at each stall watching and there are cameras placed strategically around parks already.

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