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One million ID cards every year from 2009
News I is for Iris Smith said: "Airport workers already face a great deal more checks than is needed for an ID card. Smith was speaking at an event in London today where she revealed the design of the card... [25 Sep 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News I is for Iris The project, called Lantern, is intended to examine how time can be saved by officers trying to establish the identity of persons stopped on the street by enabling fingerprint and number plate... [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]
ID cards are dead
Comment I is for Iris But employers will be forced to stump up for the physical hardware and associated IT costs of installing equipment to do the biometric checks, as well as a fee for each check. Politically,... [07 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Semaphore - which checks UK-bound passenger details against databases of banned individuals and passenger name records to assess risk - and Iris - which lets fliers use automated iris... [21 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News I is for Iris Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU border controls. Under plans to strengthen checks at... [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News I is for Iris Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Travellers waiting to board... [08 Feb 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News I is for Iris All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. Immigration minister Liam Byrne congratulated Border and Immigration Agency... [14 Jan 2008]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News The UK's airports have been rolling out biometric checks at their gates recently as part of Project Iris - Iris Recognition Immigration System - which uses iris-scanning... [27 Jun 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Fingerprint and iris scans were used for screening more than 3,000 passengers who volunteered to take part in the trial on Cathay Pacific and Emirates flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. I is for Iris [20 Jun 2007]
Birmingham Airport launches biometric security
News The launch at Birmingham Terminal 1 is part of the nationwide rollout at airports across the UK of Project Iris - the Iris Recognition Immigration System - which uses iris-scanning... [06 Feb 2007]
Photos: Biometric security comes to Heathrow
Photo The miSense trial at London's Heathrow Airport will use biometric fingerprint and iris scans to screen air passengers on selected Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong. A digital facial... [06 Dec 2006]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Heathrow is also taking part in the government's Project Iris trials at terminals 2 and 4, which use automatic iris recognition technology to speed up the immigration checks for frequent... [06 Dec 2006]
Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted
News I is for Iris Bedfordshire Police is the first of 10 forces to start fingerprint identity checks at the roadside as part of a national project called Lantern. Police forces are using handheld computers... [22 Nov 2006]
Biometric border checks come into force
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. New powers for UK immigration authorities to carry out biometric checks at borders have come into force. [01 Sep 2006]
