They make inexpensive USB thumb scanners for PC access. I've also seen them used by some hospital pharmacies.
I read (somewhere

) that one approach to face recognition is to maintain a database of simple invariant facial features -- things that don't change much with aging. For example, line segments between eyes, chin, and other points that are 'set in bone' maintain a stable geometric relationship.
Iris scanning is another promising biometric technology. The trabecular meshwork forming the "variable" structure of the iris of the eye (the colored part) develops by essentially random (or chaotic?) processes. Consequently every human eyeball on earth is different. Your left eye's iris may not precisely match your right, nor that of your identical twin's left.
But how are you going to get people to stop and stare at a scanner (retina or iris) rather than just sticking their thumb on a red lens or uttering a couple of voice words? I personally haven't encountered any retinal scanners yet. Anyone else?
Meanwhile fingerprint technology, while still quite useful, was critically reviewed in the
The New Yorker in recent years (sorry no link), and flaws / limitations were revealed.
The "instant" DNA analyzers seen in
GATTACA were of course pure Hollywood.