Posted on 05/12/2005 6:36:12 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Florida's busiest airport will begin using high-tech iris-scanning technology to filter out possible terrorists and add an additional layer of security, according to Local 6 News.
People at Orlando International Airport will have both irises scanned at special computers to determine their identity.
"This will be an additional layer of information that is enrolled, which will be biometric information," OIA director of security Brigitte Rivera Goersch said. "Employees irises will be enrolled for the additional layer of security."
The Airport Access Control Pilot Program or AACPP is a first of its kind, according to the report.
A person would be required to stand in front of a special mirror and have both eyes scanned.
"It has to verify both irises, not just one iris," Goersch. "Statistically it is very reliable. Iris scanners -- the technology of iris scanning -- is considered one of the most reliable biometric technologies."
"You know just like we did with the airplanes with the cockpit doors and air marshals and all of that kind of stuff," federal security director Art Meinke said. It is just another step to try to figure out what can we do better."
Local 6 News reported that the 90-day test could be expanded and eventually moved to airports throughout the nation.
I don't quite understand how this works. Anyone?
Are we allowed to take them with us?
You take your eyes out and run them through the X-ray machine. It stings a bit, but the security trade-off is marvelous.
Betcha Disney had something to do with this. Don't they need a prior database?
http://ctl.ncsc.dni.us/biomet%20web/BMIris.html
Individual Biometrics -
IRIS SCAN
Basics:
Iris scans analyze the features that exist in the colored tissue surrounding the pupil which has more than 200 points that can be used for comparison, including rings, furrows and freckles. The scans use a regular video camera style and can be done from further away than a retinal scan. It will work through glasses fine and in fact has the ability to create an accurate enough measurement that it can be used for identification purposes, and not just verification.
How it Works:
The user places himself so that he can see his own eye's reflection in the device. The user may be able to do this from up to 2 feet away or may need to be as close as a couple of inches depending on the device. Verification time is generally less than 5 seconds, though the user will only need to look into the device for a couple moments.
To prevent a fake eye from being used to fool the system, these devices may vary the light shone into the eye and watch for pupil dilation.
History:
The idea of using iris patterns for personal identification was originally proposed in 1936 by ophthalmologist Frank Burch. By the 1980's the idea had appeared in James Bond films, but it still remained science fiction and conjecture. In 1987 two other ophthalmologists, Aran Safir and Leonard Flom, patented this idea, and in 1989 they asked John Daugman (then teaching at Harvard University) to try to create actual algorithms for iris recognition. These algorithms, which Daugman patented in 1994 and are owned by Iridian Technologies, are the basis for all current iris recognition systems and products.
Use:
Law enforcement agencies in the United States began using it in 1994 when the Lancaster County Prison in Pennsylvania became the first correctional facility to employ the technology for prisoner identification. In Berkshire County, the technology is used in the newly built Berkshire County Jail as a security check for employees. The Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in North Carolina and the Flughafen Frankfort Airport in Germany allow frequent passengers to register their iris scans in an effort to streamline boarding procedures. There is discussion that banks may someday make iris scans a routine part of ATM transactions, and some have begun taking the first steps in testing out these systems.
The use of iris scans as part of the booking procedure along with fingerprints is just beginning to come into existence. Police stations around the country have been looking into the technology and some, including the Barnstable County jail in Massachusetts which put in a system in early 2002. The power of this biometric may make it rival fingerprints for booking situations where identification and verification are vital.
Evaluation:
The uniqueness of eyes, even between the left and right eye of the same person, makes iris scanning very powerful for identification purposes. The likelihood of a false positive is extremely low and its relative speed and ease of use make it a great potential biometric. The only drawbacks are the potential difficulty in getting someone to hold their head in the right spot for the scan if they are not doing the scan willingly. It also takes up a bit more memory for the data to be stored, but with the advances in technology, this is unlikely to cause any major difficulty.
Standards:
Standards Text
More Info:
The International Biometrics Group pages on Iris Scan
The Webpage of John Daugman, Cambridge University
Not to a foreign country.No fruits either.
Can't see how this is going to help at all without a prior data base. If you get fingerprints off someone but they've never been printed before and in some database it's worthless. Are they going to all the muslim countries and ask if we can please scan your eyes for future reference? Please.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SU/irisscan.html
Interesting article.
This can't be for passengers because there is no iris record database. Most of those filthy terrorists come from countries where sanitation and medicince is 100 years behind everyone else. However, if this is just for employees, then it can be done, but would be a waste of time.
Your highly trained TSA agents scan your Iris while you wait.
Identifying the Mystery Woman Iris recognition systems are also finding unexpected applications. The best know example involved using iris recognition to confirm the identification of a mysterious young Afghan woman originally photographed by Nation Geographic photographer Steve McCurry in 1984. Some 18 years later, McCurry photographed Sharbat Gula in Afghanistan. At the behest of National Geographic, Dr. John Daugman, developer of the iris recognition system, then compared the irides in the photographs using his algorithms. He concluded that the eyes were a match.
Just think.... now we have a security device that can pass all those cold and flu viruses directly into the eyes on contact.
See # 10
Fascinating. Thanks.
All of these security measures are under the guise of protecting us from terrorist but the gov't havs a real agenda and that is people control down the line
If you don't believe this you are the one dillusional.
I bet people with those tinted contacts will need to take them out.
And the fancy patterned ones, definitely.
Your shoes come off, contacts out, laptop open, luggage unlocked...
In unrelated news, I read that several airlines are considering bankruptcy proceedings.
That's amazing. Does spell out the need for a prior photograph.
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