Heathrow begins biometric trials
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A new system of biometric security scanners is being trialled by passengers at Heathrow airport.
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Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair holds his Biometric card at the Passport Office in central London, Monday Oct. 25, 2004. Blair visited the Passport Office who are undertaking a Biometrics Enrollment trial
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'No finger, no fly' to commence at Heathrow As has been illustrated all too frequently in the past, they don't tell immigration ministers anything - and, if what he had to say this week at the official unveiling of Heathrow's biometric trial is anything to go by, current incumbent Liam Byrne is no exception. Quoted here in the Telegraph, Byrne observes that he does not see the Heathrow system as being a "stand-alone scheme", and that the Government wanted to see it used as part of efforts to control immigration and to check the identity of people coming to this country.â¦
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[Business India] Los Angeles, Oct 5 : IBM has introduced a biometric notebook computer with an integrated fingerprint reader that can recognise the user of the computer, reports Xinhua.
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The world&#39;s first fully automated check-in and immigration clearance system that uses biometric recognition technology has been on trial at Singapore Changi Airport since Nov. 1.
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Wireless devices are being used to perform background checks at Boston's airport.
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The company that runs Heathrow airports says it hopes that attaching RFID tags to luggage will speed baggage handling and lower costs.
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An inquiry begins into the crash-landing at London's Heathrow airport, as the UK PM praises the pilot.
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All US airlines will soon be ordered to turn over a months&#39; worth of passenger itineraries to the government for testing of the newest version of a passenger prescreening system, Homeland Security officials announced Tuesday.
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Innocent until uploaded to the DNA database Next week, the Nuffield council on Bioethics is set to publish its thoughts on the ethics of using biometrics as forensic tools. In the lead up to the publication of the report, to be entitled The Forensic Use of Bioinformation: Ethical Issues, the debate about the use of DNA, particularly, has intensified.â¦
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Passengers are facing travel disruption as a result of separate walkouts by Gatwick and Heathrow staff. Workers who refuel aircraft at Heathrow airport have launched a 48-hour strike which began at 4.30am after rejecting a two-year pay offer.
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IBM on Monday introduced a biometric notebook computer with an integrated fingerprint reader,which it says can recognize the user of the computer.
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All voluntary - for now Swedish airline SAS is extending a biometric security program on national flights from Stockholm and Gothenburg and will roll it out to international flights in the near future.â¦
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Police in England and Wales have begun trialling hand-held electronic fingerprint readers on motorists, the latest piece of new high-tech equipment being wielded in the fight against crime.
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Singapore&#39;s Changi Airport is testing a combined airline check-in and immigration system in what aviation authorities in the city-state said is a world first that will save passengers time and hassle.
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London Heathrow was granted planning permission Friday for a new terminal, part of a major revamp of the world&#39;s busiest international airport.
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The Department of Transport says it will investigate claims of a security breach at Heathrow airport after an undercover journalist reportedly entered restricted areas and walked unchecked and unnoticed around passenger aircraft due to take off.