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Brain scanning may be used in security checks

Eric Blair | 14.05.2009 13:53 | World

The holy grail of the biometrics industry is a scanning mechanism that is socially acceptable in an era of mass transit and 100 per cent accurate. Researchers are eager to produce 'non-contact' biometric systems that can check any individual's identity at a distance.

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/10/biometric-scanning-brain-security-checks/print
"Passengers holding the latest generation of passports travelling through Manchester and Stansted are already being checked by facial-recognition cameras."

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Unobtrusive Multimodal Biometric Authentication: The HUMABIO Project Concept - Download Full Text PDF
 http://www.hindawi.com/GetArticle.aspx?doi=10.1155/2008/265767

Eric Blair