airport
RSS airportUK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The delay to the Manchester rollout is the latest in a long line of setbacks for the £4.6bn scheme: in July this year the government dropped plans to force new airport workers at Manchester and London to get ID cards... [16 Nov 2009]
Interoperable Identity Credentials for the Air Transport Industry
White Paper One area of security that has received considerable attention is the deployment of an interoperable Identification (ID) credential system that would provide identity assurance, electronic identity verification, and potentially, automated... [12 Nov 2009]
Capacitive Buttons Fashion or Trend?
White Paper One finds them on mobile phones, grocery store check-out counters, ATMs, airport check-in kiosks, gas pumps, and elsewhere. Touchscreens are well integrated into modern commercial landscape. While resistive touchscreen... [11 Nov 2009]
TSA Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) NPRM
White Paper In addition, the proposal would require approximately 320 airports designated by the Department of Transportation (DOT) as "Reliever" airports and airports that regularly serve scheduled or public charter operations in large aircraft to... [11 Nov 2009]
Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
News The companies include engineering firm Atkins, airport operator BAA, business advisors Baker Tilly, Deutsche Bank and drinks maker innocent - all of which are upgrading from a mix of Windows XP and Vista. [22 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: United breaks guitars?
Comment Compiled at JFK Airport whilst waiting for BA 178 to fly me home via London Heathrow. I just boarded an early morning shuttle bus from my hotel at JFK airport. Dispatched to silicon.com via a free LAN... [14 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative across the company. BAA's Heathrow airport with Terminal 5 in... [09 Oct 2009]
British Airways' London to New York route lets flyers use mobiles
News The service will be available on two Airbus A318s flying between London City Airport and New York's JFK. Air travellers flying between London and New York won't have to go mobile cold turkey from tomorrow. [28 Sep 2009]
Want to run iPhone apps on Windows phones?
News When working in an airport that could prevent you from taking a notebook computer or even a Wyse mobile thin client, and that's something we'd be fine with," said McNaught. VMware is in the early stages of embedding its... [03 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet, Windows 7, Nokia mini laptop, 3D printers and future mobiles
Photo The driverless ULTra will take passengers to Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 from next year. August saw this futuristic-looking machine, the ULTra personal rapid transit (PRT) vehicle, on display at London's Science Museum. [02 Sep 2009]
Broward County Sheriff's Office Improves Billing Processes for Thousands of Detail Assignments
White Paper Broward County Sheriff's Department (BSO), the nation's largest county law enforcement agency, employs more than 6,000 law enforcement, fire, paramedic, and emergency workers serving Broward County as a whole and, on a contract basis, 14... [01 Sep 2009]
Photos: Artificial eyes and airport scanners - what's hot in R&D
Photo Los Alamos National Laboratory designed MagViz to help make the separate airport security screening of containers of liquids unnecessary. Before they became household names, technologies like ATMs, halogen lamps, fax... [21 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.08.09
Round-Up Other tales included tech chiefs being asked to improve the mobile network coverage in mountainous areas or on tropical islands; translate error messages from international service providers and come up with miracle cures for equipment... [21 Aug 2009]
Photos: Driverless pod cars offer a glimpse of the future of transport
Photo From next year, travellers at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 will be able to step into one of these vehicles and be whisked straight to their destination - all without the need for a driver. The driverless vehicles are... [13 Aug 2009]
PayPal goes plastic with debit cards aimed at students - and their parents
News As Fotsche explained to me, this system worked out great for him when his daughter needed to spend an extra $10 on a checked bag at the airport. PayPal on Tuesday introduced a new service for parents with kids who are in... [12 Aug 2009]
