Print your fingerprint on Porsche

Porsche's new fingerprint printing option

The article introduced by Porsche on February 24, 2020 was a bit shocking.

Because it was an introduction of the option to print the "fingerprint pattern" of the owner's finger on the front hood (bonnet) part of Porsche.

… Isn't it a mysterious option that you can't tell what you're saying if you just look at this sentence (laughs)? ?? ??

Porsche Direct Printing Technology

Simply put, Porsche's "direct printing" technology has made it possible to "print" the highest quality graphics on the body of a car.

This time, I probably chose "fingerprint" as a design to show the technology of printing directly on the body.

• Complex design (of fingerprints)
• Because each person's fingerprint pattern is different, I wanted to emphasize that it can be personalized.

Does that mean? I'm thinking.

It would have been nice to have a face photo, but I think it's just like that, so ^^, then the "fingerprint pattern" looks like a design and is the only one, isn't it? Like? Wrong?

In fact, it says, "some other owner-specific design will be available" in the future, not just fingerprints.

Therefore, if I want to do it, I wonder if I will be able to create patterns for the retina and iris (← my selfish expectation ^^).

The option to print this fingerprint pattern on the Porsche body is available through the Porsche Center. How widespread will it be in the future ...

According to Porsche, "Individuality is very important for Porsche owners, and there is no more personal design than fingerprints!"

Installation of Porsche Technology Cell

It seems that it is the result of people from various fields forming a project team and working together to make this fingerprint printing possible. For this project, a "technology cell" was set up in the training center of Zuffenhausen.

Develop and test new software and hardware, as well as painting and manufacturing processes in that technology cell.

It is intentional to place this technology cell in the training center, and it will also be used to train pioneering technology.

Anyway, it is amazing that this printing technology makes it possible to print designs on the body of a car that could not be done with conventional painting technology.

Of course, it is not wrapped with film etc., so it looks and feels better than the conventional wrapped body (Porsche says).

Direct printing works the same as an inkjet printer

The printing technology seems to be similar to the so-called inkjet printer, and it uses a print head to print without over-inking 3D objects (in this case, the body of the car).

Since the nozzle part that ejects ink can be controlled individually, it seems that it is possible to print accurately.

This technology is very complicated because it requires the three technologies to be harmonized. The three technologies are as follows:

• Robot technology (controls, sensors, programming)
• Application technology (printhead, graphic handling)
• Paint technology (application process, paint)

Construction by Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur

If a customer who purchased Porsche wants to paint Porsche 911 with this "direct print" method, it seems that Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur will start by dismantling the bonnet after the ordered Porsche 911 is completed. ..

Then, while communicating with the customer, he goes into the printing process of the customer's fingerprint pattern.

Is Porsche's fingerprint misused for biometrics?

... and what I thought about here

"This is the next Mission Impossible movie, to the point where biometrics (fingerprint authentication) is required, I'm going to skip the Porsche 911 with the fingerprints Tom Cruise needs to unlock the authentication. And then you can have a scene to unlock. "

It was that.

But though. After all, everyone thinks the same.

No, that's not the case, but I'm still concerned about "personal security issues." After all, what is printed large is a fingerprint peculiar to an individual.

but it's okay. Here, it seems that it is printing "processed so that it cannot be used for biometric authentication".

Therefore, strictly speaking, it may not be "the design of the person's fingerprint 100% itself", but it seems that disabling it for biometric authentication is a necessary process, so that is still the case. It's safe and secure, so I think it's definitely good ^^

Porsche fingerprint design printing option price

Now, after the fingerprint design that solves these security problems is printed on the car body by the robot, it is clear coated, polished to a high gloss finish to meet the highest quality standards, and assembled and completed. ..

The fingerprint printing option, which is equipped with high-quality printing technology in this way, is priced at 7,500 euros (about 900,000 yen) in Germany and will be available from March 2020.

In an overseas article that introduced the technology of printing fingerprints on Porsche this time

"Porsche owners are usually desperate to wipe off fingerprints on their cars, but if they get such a big fingerprint, wouldn't it happen even if they had a stroke?"

It was written. No, that's true (laughs). I laughed ^^

Source:(Official) A Porsche as personal as your own fingerprint