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Human robots, Android Magic and classic radar tech
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 failing. [02 Mar 2009]
€100m Pink Panther robbers snared by fingerprints
News I is for Iris Speaking at Biometrics Conference 2008, he said: "Every country that arrests a non-national should send a fingerprint scan to Interpol. Prints taken following an arrest in Monaco this month... [22 Oct 2008]
ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'
News I is for Iris Each ID card, expected to cost £30, will contain a chip holding a scan of a person's face and two of their fingerprints, which can be checked against a facial scan and set... [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 The card for foreign nationals will be pink and blue with the royal crest on the front and will hold eight pieces of information including two fingerprints and a scan of a facial photo... [25 Sep 2008]
Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News The government said the deal will build on the success of the Iris scheme (Iris recognition immigration system) for trusted travellers, which enables registered passengers to enter the UK without... [03 Jul 2008]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News I is for Iris 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... [27 Jun 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News A more advanced miSense screening collected 10 fingerprint, two iris and a facial image scan during a manual enrolment. Fingerprint and iris scans were used for screening more than 3,000... [20 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Heathrow's iris scan failure
Comment The traveller going through the iris scan enters the booth with full confidence. For nearly a year I have considered joining the iris-scanning security trial at Heathrow Airport. Right... [18 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: We need multiple biometrics
Comment Item Recognition parameterNominal recognition error Difficulty of implementation (1=easy, 10=hard) Difficulty of use for subject (1=easy, 10=hard) Nominal sensor and software cost1 Body size 10 per cent 1 1 $3002 Body shape 10 per... [12 Mar 2007]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for screening air passengers on Emirates and Cathay Pacific flights to and from Dubai and Hong Kong as part of a trial at London's Heathrow Airport. Heathrow is also... [06 Dec 2006]
High-tech security forces up passport price - again
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. Each passport contains a chip which stores a scan of the holder's passport photo, to increase security... [24 Jul 2006]
IT vendors fear being linked with ID cards scheme
News Other concerns outlined by the IT companies include a lack of capacity to manufacture the ID cards or the iris recognition cameras needed to verify the card holder with their biometric eye scan. Leading... [24 Jul 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Remember when flying was fun?
Comment For example, it is possible to scan the human iris on the move without people knowing that it has been done in the same way that you take photographs of people with your pocket camera. More than 10 years... [27 Mar 2006]
Airport iris-scan system rollout extended
News Iris-scanning immigration control technology has been rolled out to another terminal at Heathrow Airport. Frequent travellers using Heathrow Terminal 1 can use the Iris Recognition Immigration System... [10 Mar 2006]
