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Biometrics to fast track 'trusted' travellers
News Iris enrolment stations and gates are available at all five Heathrow terminals and at Birmingham, Gatwick and Manchester airports. Fingerprint, iris and facial recognition technology will be used to speed up frequent travellers' journeys through... [03 Jul 2008]
Heathrow 'temporarily delays' fingerprint checks
News Plans to introduce biometric fingerprint checks for domestic passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport have been delayed after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) raised privacy concerns about the system.silicon.com's A to Z of... [26 Mar 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time for 'listed' computers?
Comment Another great piece of silicon.com video this week, looking at the cutting edge baggage systems at Heathrow Terminal 5. And yet it seems to me the effects of this post-war secrecy still linger on, so low is the general recognition of these pioneers. [20 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Sita has had general talks with the UK government about future border control systems and has been involved with developing a number of precursors to these technologies, including the miSense biometric security trial at Heathrow Airport. [21 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News Biometric passenger checks have landed at Heathrow that will allow domestic travellers to access more shops and restaurants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics The system will also be used at Heathrow's world class Terminal 5, when it opens next month. [08 Feb 2008]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News After a recent four-month trial of a passenger screening technology called miSense at Heathrow, 81 per cent of respondents rated the service "good" or "excellent" and 87 per cent said the enrolment process was easy. [27 Jun 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News Air travellers have backed biometric security checks after a four-month trial of the passenger screening technology at London's Heathrow airport. This data was then uploaded onto an RFID smartcard, used in conjunction with a fingerprint reader at... [20 Jun 2007]
Birmingham Airport launches biometric security
News Iris was launched at London's Heathrow airport in March 2006. The system is currently operational at Heathrow Terminals 1 to 4, Manchester Terminals 1 and 2, Birmingham Terminal 1 and Gatwick North, with Gatwick South due to get it during 2007. [06 Feb 2007]
Heathrow to run biometric security checks
News Heathrow is also taking part in the government's Project Iris trials at terminals 2 and 4, which use automatic iris recognition technology to speed up the immigration checks for frequent flyers. Biometric fingerprint and iris scans will be used for... [06 Dec 2006]
Leader: We ALL want to use biometrics
Leader Take the fulsome praise you will hear for the iris recognition offered as an option to regular travellers through London's Heathrow airport. The use of fingerprint or iris recognition has been something of a controversial subject in recent years... [31 Oct 2006]
Iris-scanning system lands at Manchester Airport
News The technology became operational at Heathrow's Terminal 1 last month, following its introduction at Terminals 2 and 4 during June 2005. Iris is now in operation at Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 4 and Manchester Airport Terminal 1. [13 Apr 2006]
Airport iris-scan system rollout extended
News Frequent travellers using Heathrow Terminal 1 can use the Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) to enter the UK without queuing to see an immigration officer at passport control. Iris-scanning immigration control technology has been rolled out... [10 Mar 2006]
Are biometrics ready for the UK?
News The UK Foreign Office is issuing facial recognition biometric passports in the US, and iris scanning pilot schemes are underway at Heathrow Airport. But Deloitte and Touche's Toth believes iris recognition is the most accurate of the three techniques. [23 Feb 2006]
Airport iris-scanning system makes slow progress
News The system was rolled out at Heathrow Terminals 2 and 4 last year, and according to the Home Office website, deployment to the other Heathrow terminals and to Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted airports was due to follow "during the... [15 Feb 2006]
Fingerprints, iris recognition and tagging 'to cut immigration'
News The implementation of the biometric technology will start at Heathrow terminals two and four on 28 February, with terminals one and three, both Gatwick terminals, Birmingham, Manchester, and Stansted airports having the technology live by the end... [07 Feb 2005]
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