Ken Burns’ Baseball documentary, which aired in September of 1994, couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment. The players had just gone on strike, the season was canceled, and the World Series would not be played for the first time in 90 years. Baseball, our nation’s supposed pastime, found itself in a truly dire situation.

A recent Apple patent and a strongly worded report from the National Research Council suggest that the future of biometrics lies with personalization, not security.

Last week, the US Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple, Inc. a patent for biometric-sensor