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Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Finn said that future security systems will rely on e-passports, ID or smart cards or visas that would contain both biometric data - such as fingerprints and iris scans - and biographical data, ranging from name and address to job and marital status. [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]
Biometric checks get air-passenger approval
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. A more advanced miSense screening collected 10... [21 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]
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 image is also taken, along with... [06 Dec 2006]
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 taking part in the government's... [06 Dec 2006]
Co-op doubles fingerprint payment supermarkets
News Read silicon.com's A to Z of biometrics to find out more about iris scans, palm prints and ID cards. Three more Co-ops are to be kitted out with equipment that will allow shoppers to pay using their index fingerprint after the supermarket chain... [24 Jul 2006]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
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]
New ID cards agency set up after Queen approves bill
News But the compromise means that those who choose to opt out will still have to pay for the ID card - and have their fingerprints, iris scans and personal details taken and stored on the national identity register (NIR) when they get a new passport. [31 Mar 2006]
Lords leave ID cards bill in tatters
News Although the government claims ID cards will initially be voluntary, it wants to force anyone applying for a new passport to give their fingerprint and iris scans for inclusion on the ID card database: the NIR. [24 Jan 2006]
Cheat Sheet: ID cards
Cheat Sheet The Home Office ran a trial over the summer - which silicon.com took part in - enrolling 10,000 volunteers for a mock ID card using iris scans, facial recognition and a fingerprint scan. The person checking the card would use a card reader in... [22 Nov 2004]
Leader: Fear not the biometric ID
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]
Biometrics: Don't miss YOUR chance to grill the experts
News Perhaps you want to know whether fingerprints are safer than iris scans or what the pros and cons are. A number of leading technology experts are lined up and we even have a member of the UK's biometric ID trial as well to answer your questions. [13 Aug 2004]
silicon.com gets a UK biometric ID card
Comment The UKPS operator taking my scans says there have been none of the problems highlighted earlier this year by MPs from the Home Affairs Select Committee who claimed long eyelashes, watery eyes and eye complaints could render iris scanning useless... [12 Aug 2004]
ID cards: So unreliable they make your eyes water
News If keeping track of the fingerprints and iris scans of the living wasn't hard enough, Home Secretary David Blunkett said earlier this week that the Home Office will be holding onto UK citizens' personal data even after their death to stop... [07 May 2004]
