e-passports
London airport introduces biometric scanners
London’s Stansted Airport has begun using biometric e-passport gates that use facial recognition technology to process incoming passengers.
Passengers with new e-passports traveling to the UK via Stansted can use the Autogates, which scan their face and check their passport photo in seconds – both helping to save time in line and provide a more secure [...]
What are ePassports?
From news of the technologically advanced New Zealand passports, to the recent multi-million dollar contract awarded to Vancouver-based Fortress Paper to produce over two million ePassports over the next five years, the shift to electronic passports is happening on a global scale.
What makes ePassports “electronic” is Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) – a small electronic device embedded [...]
Banknote 2009
On December 6, global banknote industry leaders will head to Washington, DC for Banknote 2009 – a four-day conference that brings together the public and private sectors to focus on emerging trends in the banknote industry.
Though the Banknote conference began in 1998 as a specialty event focusing primarily on banknote substrates, it has become more [...]
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