Seamen sail into biometric future
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A luxury cruise ship in the Caribbean is the unlikely setting for tests of biometric ID cards for seafarers.
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Retinal scans, finger printing or facial recognition get most of the publicity but researchers across the world are quietly labouring away at alternative types of biometrics.
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Trying to authenticate documents or uncover forgeries is an increasingly technical pursuit.
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ePassport the 'most secure passport ever' The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has completed its transition to the production of ePassports, replacing the production of traditional passports with those containing a facial biometric.â¦
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LILLE, France  - The creation of a biological  passport for all professional riders is taking shape, the  International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday.
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European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks.
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Buster Bloodvessel Retinal scans, finger prints or facial recognition get most of the attention but developers across the world are quietly labouring away at alternative types of biometrics.â¦
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ATHENS -- Paul Cayard has sailed in a sea of big icebergs, big egos, and big money, but steering a venerable Star Class boat in these Games, he has returned to his minimalist roots. Whether being one of the most experienced and recognizable sailors in the world can translate into Olympic gold is a question Cayard and Phil Trinter are ...
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LONDON -- Beaming people in ``Star Trek" fashion is still in the realms of science fiction, but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter bringing quantum communication and computing closer to reality.
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Coast Guard divers prowl the depths of the St. Johns River and inspect the hulls of cruise ships here. Federal helicopters fitted with crowd-surveillance cameras soar overhead. Hundreds of manholes have been locked down, and thousands of security forces are poised to hit the streets.
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A search is under way for a man who is thought to have been swept overboard in the North Sea.
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MICROSOFT has unveiled a new range of peripherals that include the company&#39;s first foray into biometric identification on the desktop.
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By MARCUS WOHLSEN  SAN FRANCISCO - Friends of an acclaimed computer scientists who vanished at sea said Wednesday they were expanding their search for him to waters off Mexico, nearly a week after the Coast Guard called off its own search.
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Science & environment: Scientists develop technique which improves the success rate of computer face-recognition systems
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Virginia legislators are weighing a plan to add biometric data and radio signal emitting chips to licenses to prevent identity theft and thwart terrorists. Critics say the plan could compromise privacy and allow new varieties of fraud to flourish. By Mark Baard.
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If current plans succeed, travelers' facial and fingerprint data will be stored on embedded chips.
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The next big use for iRobot's bots: patrolling international borders.