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RSS irisFingerprints, 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... [07 Feb 2005]
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. [16 Feb 2006]
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... [13 Apr 2006]
Biometrics: Will Digital Fingerprints, Iris Scans and Speaker Recognition Soon Replace Passwords and Personal Identification Numbers?
White Paper 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. [15 Feb 2005]
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... [15 Jun 2004]
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]
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... [17 May 2007]
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... [13 Apr 2006]
Introduction to Iris Recognition for Personal Identification
White Paper 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... [25 Feb 2004]
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... [15 Feb 2006]
Photos: Classic Iris radar gets vision back
Photo For 25 years the British-designed Iris investigative radar recording system operated behind closed doors at the former RAF West Drayton base outside London, handling millions of aircraft movements without a single... [16 Feb 2009]
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... [23 Sep 2003]
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... [10 Mar 2006]
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... [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]
