Transportation

This section provides readers with all the news, press releases and reports on the Travel & Transportation sector, including biometrics used for land, sea and airside border control, automated fast track systems and other uses, such as boarding gate control, staff identification and baggage handling…

Latest Headlines

SmartGate now available for 16-17 year olds 16 May 2012

In what is believed to be a world first, 16 and 17 year olds are able to use the automated biometric SmartGate systems.

Aware wins three large-scale border management contracts 15 May 2012

Aware is providing biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems as a result of separate team-based project wins in Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

Vision-Box goes multi-biometric 14 May 2012

Vision-Box has announced general availability of a single sourced multimodal biometric ABC eGate.

USA and Oz to share biometric trusted traveller systems 08 May 2012

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has indicated that the USA and Australia could soon begin opening up their biometric-based trusted traveller systems to each other’s citizens.

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New NIST web services protocol enables worry-free biometrics 08 May 2012
Biometrics Institute launches 2012 Industry Survey 02 May 2012
Estonia taps Speed Identity for passport equipment 23 April 2012
Planet Biometrics focuses on Mobile Biometrics 20 April 2012
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Press Releases

AOptix and SITA to deliver Biometric Solutions for Air Transport Security 09 February 2012
SFO selects CLEAR to provide High-Speed Biometric Screening 01 February 2012
E-gates for Taiwan 05 December 2011
ImageWare And GCR Team aim to provide biometrics to US airports 07 November 2011
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Features

Biometric eGates fit for purpose? 18 August 2011

Governments investing taxpayers’ hard-earned money in automated border control (ABC) systems will experience false economies by cutting corners in enrolment.

The Current Generation of Travel Documents: ePassports 04 August 2011

Policy considerations when implementing biometric enhanced, chip-based passports.
 

The Importance of Using 1000 ppi in Law Enforcement 17 September 2010

This excellent article highlights the benefits of capturing fingerprints at 1000 ppi rather than 500 ppi, especially for law enforcement agencies…

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Events

SDW 2012 Event supported by Planet Biometrics 21-23 May 12
Biometrics Institute Australia 13th Conference & Exhibition 24-25 May 12
9th Summer School for Advanced Studies on Biometrics for Secure Authentication Event supported by Planet Biometrics 8-15 Jun 12
Biometrics Institute Technology Showcase Europe 27 Jun 12
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