Fingerprint and iris checks for air passengers...
By Andy McCue on 6 December 2006 15:50
A digital facial image is also taken, along with iris scans of both eyes (pictured). The whole process takes about five minutes and the biometric information is uploaded onto the chip of a miSense 'membership' smartcard. The card is activated 24 hours later after further background checks to verify the identity of the person.
Photo credit: Andy McCue
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1. Richard
Fingerprint readers & hand scanners: Polonium 210 on the hands of previous passengers?
More mundanely, what about ordinary infectious diseases: Everything from colds & stomach bugs to "bird 'flu" & SARS?
2. Kevin Nickolls
Great, progress at last. But how do we ensure you can't get through the vetting process with false ID anyway? And where will we able to pre-qualify other than at the airport?