Students from Uganda's Makerere University's School of Computing and Informatics Technology have developed a prototype of a fingerprint-enabled car ignition that can be attached to any car.The biometric tool, known as Kuwanza Gari (Swahili for “to start the car”) has two buttons: one for adding prints and the other for erasing prints, in case the owner is selling the car or perhaps wants to remove one of the authorised prints.Moreover, the students have added a GSM module that sends a message to the owner's mobile phone (as programmed) if the wrong person tries to start the car, reported New Vision.The owner has to verify that he or she is adding or resetting prints, but the system can take up to five fingerprints, meaning that the owner can choose four other people who can drive the car.Student David Tusubira told the newspaper that there are plans to implement an alternative biometric system for ignition: “because some people lose their prints”.A professor told the newspaper that the university will help the students to acquire intellectual property rights through the intellectual property unit.

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