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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Heathrow's iris scan failure

Comment For nearly a year I have considered joining the iris-scanning security trial at Heathrow Airport. After flying from some distant country I arrive at Heathrow to be confronted by a long line of humanity waiting for the immigration agent's eye.

Tags: airport security, biometrics, heathrow, iris scan

[18 Apr 2007]

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...

Tags: baa, biometrics, ico, heathrow

[26 Mar 2008]

Heathrow T5: The end in sight for first day blues?

News The problems at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 appear to be lessening four days after the less than perfect opening day. All the tech at Heathrow T5… Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech Video: Heathrow Terminal 5 uncovered

Tags: systems, baa, ba, airport

[31 Mar 2008]

Video: <strong>Heathrow</strong> Terminal 5 uncovered

Video: Heathrow Terminal 5 uncovered

Video silicon.com recently went along to Heathrow's brand new Terminal 5 (T5), billed as the most technologically advanced terminal in the world. Glenn Morgan, the head of BA's T5 information management programme, gave silicon.com a behind the scenes...

Tags: monitoring, travel, network, airport

[12 Mar 2008]

Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off

Photo silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official opening for British Airways (BA) flights on 27 March. Share your own views of Heathrow at atlarge.com

Tags: heathrow, control, security, ip

[12 Feb 2008]

Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech

Video Heathrow's Terminal 5 (T5) has been built around its impressive baggage system which is billed as one of the most advanced and (hopefully) reliable in the world. Video: Heathrow Terminal 5 uncovered Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5

Tags: heathrow, baa, luggage, ba

[14 Mar 2008]

Heathrow Express to get connected with wi-fi

News All Heathrow Express trains will be wi-fi enabled by early 2007, providing broadband access to passengers for the entire journey. This pass can be used on the Heathrow Express or at more than 200 T-Mobile hotspot locations within London.

Tags: wifi, heathrow express, wi-fi, heathrow

[07 Nov 2006]

Heathrow Terminal 5 suffers first day baggage chaos

News On opening day of Heathrow's £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5), passengers have been hit by delays and flight cancellations as a result of problems with the new high-tech baggage system. All the tech at Heathrow T5…

Tags: airport, heathrow

[27 Mar 2008]

Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive

Photo This is Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 (T5) in all its glory. Share your own views of Heathrow at atlarge.com Share your own views of Heathrow at atlarge.com Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off

Tags: heathrow

[13 Jul 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. The miSense trial, which began last month and...

Tags: heathrow

[06 Dec 2006]

Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage

Photo Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of tagging luggage with RFID chips on flights to and from Dubai. Share your own views of Heathrow at atlarge.com Share your own views of Heathrow at atlarge.com

Tags: rfid, luggage, heathrow, trial

[14 Feb 2008]

Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID

News Heathrow airport is trialling RFID tracking technology that will help make the nightmare of lost and mishandled luggage a thing of the past for travellers. Stephen Challis, head of product development at BAA Heathrow, said: "In effect the bag is...

Tags: rfid, heathrow, baa, chip

[13 Feb 2008]

Heathrow Express rolls out 2Mbps wi-fi

News All Heathrow Express trains have been wi-fi-enabled to provide passengers with broadband speeds of up to 2Mbps for the 15 to 20 minute journey. The service, providing a direct link between Paddington station and Heathrow Airport, offers passengers...

Tags: wi-fi, heathrow express

[24 Apr 2007]

<strong>Heathrow</strong> Airport to get taxi-tracking RFID system

Heathrow Airport to get taxi-tracking RFID system

News London's Heathrow Airport is deploying radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in taxi fleets to monitor and manage demand on behalf of arriving passengers who need transport away from the airport.

[22 Jan 2004]

Heathrow T5 - it's not just about the tech

News British Airways' tech chief Paul Coby has explained some of the IT challenges behind Heathrow's soon-to-be-unveiled Terminal 5. Due to open on 27 March, Terminal 5 is the new home of British Airways at Heathrow and has been jointly developed with...

Tags: staff, heathrow, customers, baa

[03 Mar 2008]

<strong>Heathrow</strong> strike crisis: Will technology help or hinder?

Heathrow strike crisis: Will technology help or hinder?

News The increasing implementation of Big Brother-style technologies suffered a high-profile set-back this week with the walk out of British Airways check-in staff at Heathrow Airport. However, Simon Perry, VP security strategy at Computer Associates...

Tags: lhr, heathrow, simon perry, perry

[21 Jul 2003]

BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'

News The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued into a second day following the chaos caused by baggage system problems on the first day of operation yesterday. All the tech at Heathrow T5…

Tags: luggage, airport, baa, heathrow

[28 Mar 2008]

Heathrow Terminal 5 opens its doors

News After taking five years to build at a cost of £4.3bn, Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport is finally open for business and is set to become one of the most technologically advanced airport terminals in the world.silicon.com has been following the...

Tags: baa, heathrow, ba, travel

[27 Mar 2008]

Heathrow's high-tech Terminal 5 prepares for take off

News Got your own views on Heathrow? But such a spot serves as the foundation for Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 (T5). So far, along with building the bulk of the 400m-long main terminal (T5A), 7,000 on-site staff have diverted two rivers, bored...

Tags: heathrow express, heathrow

[20 Feb 2006]

Photos: Biometric security comes to <strong>Heathrow</strong>

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. To register for miSense, passengers must undergo...

Tags: heathrow, biometric, biometrics

[06 Dec 2006]

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