My credit union uses a palm biometric scanner like that to log into their new ATMs.
It works pretty good.
It works pretty good.
Security. Or a cut off hand?
You'd have better luck making a silicone replica and pumping fake blood through it. Maybe you could use infrared LEDs to simulate the changing image too... (Is there some simple way to make an infrared projector? Anyway stealing your palm image is as easy as it is for the ATM to read it.)