By Steve Ranger, 13 April 2006 16:20
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Individuals signed up to the scheme will be able to walk up to an automated barrier, simply look into a camera and if the system recognises them enter the UK.
Photo credit: Home Office
Photos: Iris scanning at the airport
Biometric tech does automatic immigration check on passengers entering the UK
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1. Charles Taylor
How do we know that the Iris scan will not damage our eyes?
Answer-- The government says it will not.
BUT we were told that thalidomide was safe.
2. Robert Howe
The iris scan part seems okay, but it is badly let down by the height assessment system. At LHR T1 on 28 March the computer crashed and took five minutes to re-boot. Again at LHR T1, on 05 April the machine wanted me to look in the mirror at my chest height. On both occassions this was significantly slower than fellow travellers going through the 'normal' route. Also what is significant was that nobody else was trying to use the iris system.