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Photos: Classic Iris radar gets vision back
Photo For 25 years the British-designed Iris investigative radar recording system operated behind closed doors at the former RAF West Drayton base outside London, handling millions of aircraft movements without a single... [16 Feb 2009]
Half of Brits willing to give blood to prove identity
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport Three-quarters of UK adults would be prepared to use fingerprint scans to verify their identity with banks and government agencies, according to research by tech... [19 Nov 2008]
€100m Pink Panther robbers snared by fingerprints
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport Prints taken following an arrest in Monaco this month matched those of a suspected member of the Pink Panthers gang, which has been linked to 100 high-value armed... [22 Oct 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport Hillier said the government is confident that threats of legal action from the British Airline Pilots Association over the scheme will not delay the rollout to... [21 Oct 2008]
ID card 'will drown in a billion mismatches'
News I is for Iris Daugman, an expert on iris recognition, says fingerprints and facial photos are not distinctive enough to be able to tell the UK's 45-million-strong adult population apart. The government... [26 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport Smith insisted the Home Office is making good progress in talks with airport operators and unions about airside workers in airports being among the... [25 Sep 2008]
'Uncloneable' biometric passports pass the test
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport The UK was one of 27 countries that took part in the tests of RFID chips and passport readers for second generation ePassports.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics... [22 Sep 2008]
Warning: ID cards face fingerprint errors
News BAG urged the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) to adopt iris scans as a "fall back", for when there are problems taking or matching a fingerprint. The IPS is putting an enlarged fingerprint bureau in place to ensure... [20 Jun 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. A is for Accuracy B is for Behavioural biometric C is for Cash machine [11 Jun 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News I is for Iris Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised... [26 Mar 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport The trial is funded from the £3m that the Home Office has set aside for camera technology pilots. Inspector David Edge, who is coordinating the camera trial, told... [12 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport So essentially the 'new' ID card scheme will consist of ID cards for foreign nationals and people working in high security risk areas or occupations -... [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News I is for Iris A spokesman for the UK government's Border and Immigration Agency said: "We have already tested trusted traveller schemes such as IRIS and we are keen to learn and build on those. Current... [21 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Other technology at the terminal includes barcode scanning for internet check-in, self service check-in kiosks and self service gates at arrivals for frequent travellers willing to undergo iris scans. [14 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News I is for Iris Z is for Zurich Airport Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European Commission, international travellers would also have their stay logged and monitored by... [14 Feb 2008]
