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Biometrics: Will Digital Fingerprints, Iris Scans and Speaker Recognition Soon Replace Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers?

whitepaper Examples of biometrics include iris and retina scanning, digitized fingerprints, hand geometry and speaker recognition. Biometrics is a high tech word for an old concept: how they go about recognizing one another.

Tags: data sharing and integration, recognition, authentication, high tech

[14 Feb 2005]

<strong>Iris</strong> recognition to be installed across UK airports

Iris recognition to be installed across UK airports

News Iris-recognition technology will be used for immigration control across the UK's main international airports following a successful trial of the system at Heathrow. The Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) will be rolled out over the next...

[15 Jun 2004]

Iris-scanning system lands at Manchester Airport

News 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

[13 Apr 2006]

<strong>Iris</strong> scans and passenger databases to protect UK borders

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.

Tags: biometric passport

[16 Feb 2006]

Iris scanning lands at Gatwick

News Iris recognition-based biometric technology has been rolled out at Gatwick Airport's South Terminal. The Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) lets registered passengers enter the UK without queuing to see an immigration officer at passport...

[17 May 2007]

Photos: <strong>Iris</strong> scanning at the airport

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

[13 Apr 2006]

Iris, fingerprints and face to be used in ID card trial

News Iris, fingerprint and facial recognition will all be tested as part of the UK Passport Service's six-month trial of biometric technology ahead of the introduction of potentially compulsory national ID cards.

[08 Dec 2003]

Fingerprints, <strong>iris</strong> recognition and tagging 'to cut immigration'

Fingerprints, iris recognition and tagging 'to cut immigration'

News Iris scanning will also make an appearance in the e-Borders system. Certain categories of regular traveller will be allowed to pass through immigration faster by giving an iris scan. The UK is to get its own US-VISIT-style biometric system to...

Tags: clarke, immigration, biometrics

[07 Feb 2005]

Nationwide ditches <strong>iris</strong> and fingerprint biometrics

Nationwide ditches iris and fingerprint biometrics

News The Nationwide building society is continuing with plans to use pioneering biometric electronic signature technology, despite dropping plans to use iris and fingerprint recognition. Nationwide has a history of forging ahead with biometric...

[23 Sep 2003]

Passports replaced by <strong>iris</strong> scanning in Amsterdam

Passports replaced by iris scanning in Amsterdam

News The iris is the most most distinguishable feature of any individual - even more so than fingerprints. Schiphol airport in Amsterdam is trialling a new system to scan frequent flyers' irises and record their personal data, removing the need for them...

[30 Oct 2001]

Combining Face and Iris Biometrics for Identity Verification

whitepaper Face and iris identification have been employed in various biometric applications. Two different strategies have been used for fusing iris and face classifiers. The second strategy is to treat the matching distances of face and iris classifiers as...

Tags: biometrics, face, vector, iris

[06 Jul 2007]

How Iris Recognition Works

whitepaper Algorithms developed by the author for recognizing persons by their iris patterns have now been tested in six field and laboratory trials, producing no false matches in several million comparison tests.

Tags: biometrics, phase, confidence, trials

[24 Feb 2004]

Iridian Technologies and Computer Associates Speed Iris Recognition Security Technologies to Market

whitepaper Iridian Technologies, Inc.is the world leader in research, development and marketing of authentication technologies based on iris recognition - the most accurate biometric identifier. Iridian has partnered with Computer Associates, gaining ca smart...

Tags: biometrics

[24 Feb 2004]

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. Right alongside is the empty aisle for the iris scanner, and I wistfully look over as some lucky individual strolls up with something of an air of...

Tags: airport security, biometrics, heathrow, iris scan

[18 Apr 2007]

Nationwide hails iris recognition trials a success

News Nationwide today released the first feedback on its iris recognition technology trials. Over 98 per cent of the 438 customers surveyed said they found iris recognition reliable, secure and acceptable.

[02 Dec 1998]

Airport iris-scan system rollout extended

News Iris-scanning immigration control technology has been rolled out to another terminal at Heathrow Airport. Frequent travellers using Heathrow Terminal 1 can use the Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) to enter the UK without queuing to see an...

Tags: iris

[10 Mar 2006]

Airport iris-scanning system makes slow progress

News The rollout of an iris scan-based security system for air passengers has been pushed back by the government. Project Iris (Iris Recognition Immigration System) uses iris-scanning technology to identify frequent travellers and speed up their journey...

Tags: biometrics

[15 Feb 2006]

Boddie-Noell Selects Windows-Based IRIS POS Solution to Increase Store Productivity and Improve Customer Service

whitepaper The uniquely configurable order-entry capability and simplified touch screen operation of IRIS POS has helped Boddie-Noell to increase sales by boosting customer service via improved transaction time.

Tags: crm, operation, levels, reducing

[10 Jul 2004]

Introduction to Iris Recognition for Personal Identification

whitepaper Iris recognition illustrates work in computer vision, pattern recognition, and the man-machine interface. The purpose is real-time, high confidence recognition of a person's identity by mathematical analysis of the random patterns that are visible...

Tags: biometrics, recognition, patterns, entry

[24 Feb 2004]

Temporal Extensions to the Iris Model in a Medical Domain

whitepaper The objective of this work is to extend the functionality of an object-oriented database system, Iris, with temporal representation and reasoning capabilities. Time is one of the most important aspects of real life.

Tags: object-oriented, domains, entities, object

[24 Feb 2004]

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