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'E-gate' adds face recognition to airline security

Silicon Valley-based AOptix on Monday introduced new "e-gates" that recognize faces as well as irises of passengers before opening to let them board flights.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Firm providing US airport 'fast lanes' shuts down

Clear, a company which pre-screened travellers and issued high-tech cards allowing them to whisk through security lines at US airports, is going out of business.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Bum's the word in Japan security scans

Put your fingerprint scanners away. Stand aside iris measurers. Buttocks are the new way to prove who you are.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Engineers unleash car-seat identifier that reads your rear end

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cars of the future may use the driver’s rear end as identity protection, through a system developed at Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology. A report surfaced earlier ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Military tests usefulness of smart devices

As a Cobra attack helicopter pilot, Marine Capt. Jim "Hottie" Carlson was running support missions above Afghanistan last summer when it occurred to him that it was taking far too long to find where U.S. troops were under ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 8

EyeLock brings biometric security to your websites

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biometric security is always a field of interest for those people who need to keep your data secure. Currently, it is used in a wide variety of high security applications, mostly by large ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Mexico to pioneer iris technology on ID cards

Mexico will on Monday become the first country to start using iris scans for identity cards, according to the government, which claims the scheme will be highly secure.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US cuts access to files after leak embarrassment

(AP) -- The State Department severed its computer files from the government's classified network, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. and world leaders tried to clean up from the embarrassing leak that spilled ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 14

US tries to contain damage from leaked documents (Update 2)

(AP) -- The release of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents forced the Obama administration into damage control, trying to contain fallout from unflattering assessments of world leaders ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 58

Researchers Doggedly Investigate What Canines See

(PhysOrg.com) -- What do dogs see that catches their attention? The researchers in the Cognition Applied Research Laboratory (CARL) at Florida Institute of Technology are working to find the answer. They usually conduct their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Developing tiny cave camera and iris recognition technology for military, homeland security

Researchers are expanding new miniature camera technology for military and security uses so soldiers can track combatants in dark caves or urban alleys, and security officials can unobtrusively identify a subject from an ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Software sniffs out criminals by the shape of their nose

(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget iris and fingerprint scans - scanning noses could be a quicker and easier way to verify a person's identity, according to scientists from the University of the West of England and University ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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