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Photos: £1,000 reward for PM's fingerprints

Photo The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. Wild West-style wanted posters will offer a £1,000 reward for anyone capturing the fingerprints of the Prime Minister or...

Tags: national identity register, biometrics, id cards

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[07 Apr 2008]

Caption competition: Passport madness

Photo The winning entry was: "In order to hold all your biometric data we've had to change the look of the passport just a little bit.from Huw Owens. This competition is now closed. You can check out all the captions below.

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[16 Mar 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. The whole process takes about five minutes and...

Tags: heathrow, biometric, biometrics

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[06 Dec 2006]

Photos: Iris scanning at the airport

Photo Iris recognition-based biometric technology has now been rolled out at Manchester Airport. The Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) will allow registered passengers to enter the UK without queuing to see an immigration officer at passport...

Tags: iris

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[13 Apr 2006]

Photos: The tech behind the Olympic Games

Photo Biometric fingerprint-controlled door locks will guard entry to the Olympics IT control room run by the International Olympic Committee's technology partner Atos Origin. The city of Turin close to the Alps in the north of Italy is gearing up to...

Tags: olympic games, atos origin

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[02 Dec 2005]

Photos: New ePassport revealed

Photo The cover of the ePassport looks only slightly different. The passports are currently being trialled and will be available to the public from February. From tomorrow (1 December) the price of a UK passport jumps £9 to £51, with the price hike...

Tags: biometric passport

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[30 Nov 2005]

Photos: Viva Las Vegas...and tech

Photo Caesars Palace: The new Augustus Tower at Caesars Palace is embracing technology with biometric access to all rooms for customers and voice over IP telephones in every room. Binion's Horseshoe: It's an image of Las Vegas we're all familiar with but...

Tags: las vegas, rio, caesars, wynn

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[08 Jul 2005]