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RSS x-ray in newsSuper scanners at UK airports
News Bags are scanned from four angles to produce detailed double X-ray images.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Airport operator BAA confirmed it had now installed the advanced threat identification X-ray scanners at its seven airports, including Gatwick... [09 Jul 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News X is for X-ray 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 D is for Database E is for Ear [11 Jun 2008]
Microsoft users surf the skies from the web
News The program, which was developed by Microsoft's research arm, marries together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and others. Roy Gould, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian... [14 May 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News X is for X-ray 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 D is for Database E is for Ear [26 Mar 2008]
Google Sky gets browser app
News The browser version allows users to zoom in and out and pan around the celestial bodies, search for planets and galaxies and view the sky through infrared, x-ray, ultraviolet, and microwave views. Google has unveiled a browser version of its Google... [14 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News X is for X-ray 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 D is for Database E is for Ear [21 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News X is for X-ray 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 an electronic system, which could become operational by 2015. [14 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News X is for X-ray 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 D is for Database E is for Ear [08 Feb 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News The rollout of the Pacs digital x-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England was also completed in December. Confusion surrounds the future of the job running the NHS' £12.4bn flagship IT programme and the timetable for the... [15 Jan 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News X is for X-ray 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 D is for Database E is for Ear [15 Jan 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News X is for X-ray The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. [14 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News X is for X-ray During Prime Minister's questions this week the leader of the Conservatives David Cameron questioned Brown about his commitment to the ID card scheme, and needled him on why he said in an interview with a national newspaper "under... [10 Jan 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News X is for X-ray Leicester's De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of Missouri are linking up in a £45,000 six-month project starting this month to develop fuzzy logic technology. Fuzzy logic uses computational mathematics to reach... [03 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News The NHS has completed a project to rollout digital x-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England as part of the £12.4bn national NHS IT programme. The Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (Pacs) technology replaces the... [27 Dec 2007]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News X is for X-ray In a speech to Parliament yesterday, transport minister Ruth Kelly said the details had been lost by a third-party contractor, Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd, in May of this year.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [18 Dec 2007]
