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Comment I is for Iris Although passport applicants will have to give up their biometric scans for the national register they won't be required to pay £30 (again that's the government's estimate - critics put the cost much higher) for an ID card to go with...
[07 Mar 2008]
Comment There are numerous biometrics technologies, including fingerprint recognition, iris scans, face recognition, voice recognition and even vein and palm recognition. I is for Iris Ten years ago, it would have been unthinkable to have a society where...
[23 Nov 2007]
Leader Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. Office workers are always being hounded by the IT department to improve their password choices - to stop using the obvious 'password', or easily...
[24 Jul 2006]
Leader Yes, until 2010 you'll have the option of declining an ID card when you renew your passport but you still have to pay for the cost of the card regardless of whether you receive it and you'll still have your fingerprint and iris scans stored in the...
[31 Mar 2006]
Comment There is something quite offensive about being subjected to physical checks such as fingerprints and iris scans. There seems to be as much window dressing as there is clear thinking in the security arena.
[03 May 2005]
Leader The government is aiming to put 10,000 volunteers through a mock enrolment process that will test various biometrics including facial recognition, iris scans and fingerprint scans. Iris scans don't trigger epilepsy (epileptic associations have...
[13 Aug 2004]
Comment Inside a chair sits in front of a desk with one machine that scans the iris and takes a facial biometric, and another machine that takes a fingerprint scan. The UKPS operator taking my scans says there have been none of the problems highlighted...
[12 Aug 2004]
Comment Biometrics have been used for many years for a variety of applications across a range of industries, including the use of fingerprint or iris scans for personal verification in the financial services industry, such as for withdrawals at ATMs.
[22 Dec 2003]
Comment Plans for a national ID card in the UK that will use either iris or fingerprint scans for verification have once again brought biometric technologies into the spotlight and authorities worldwide looking increasingly at biometric data as an extra...
[15 Dec 2003]
Comment Iris scans are seen as intrusive but can work as a high security application for military or police. Will it be a voice command which allows instant access to a building or an iris scan installed at an ATM machine?
[30 Nov 2000]
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