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One million ID cards every year from 2009
News I is for Iris Foreign nationals face a fine of up to £1,000 for not submitting to biometric scans for the cards. Some 50,000 of the cards will be produced for foreign nationals by the UK... [25 Sep 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Another major advantage is that a single document or card could work with different biometric readers across the world by containing biometrics ranging from fingerprints to iris scans. Finn said that... [21 Feb 2008]
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... [20 Jun 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.... [06 Dec 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]
Iris scans and passenger databases to protect UK borders
News Several projects that will feed into the bigger programme are already in operation, including Project Semaphore - a prototype system - and Project Iris, which uses biometrics to identify frequent travellers. [16 Feb 2006]
E-passports emerge on US horizon
News Saswato Das, a spokesman for Infineon Technologies, said that the chip, smaller than the width of a human hair and holding only 64K of memory, also has enough room to store biometric data, including digital fingerprints, photos and... [26 Oct 2004]
ID card "route map" revealed by UK Passport Service
News A pilot into the collection of fingerprint and iris scans from the public is also underway and the results will be evaluated later this year. A "route map to ID cards" has been outlined by the UK... [31 Mar 2004]
Compulsory biometric ID on the cards
News The ID card will contain a piece of biometric information, most likely an iris or fingerprint scan, and will be combined with passports and driving licences, which will have a biometric element by 2008, according to the... [26 Nov 2003]
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