EUREKA NETWORK DEVELOPS PASSPORT-IN-THE-POCKET IMMIGRATION CONTROLS
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A RESEARCH project coordinated by European Union (EU) research network Eureka has developed smart ID card technology that could enable airport passengers to clear immigration security by walking past a sensor with their passports in their pocket. A briefing note on the EUR23 million BioP@ss project said: "This could replace the long waiting line at airports' passport controls." It explained that the technology involved the development of new chip technologies with innovations such as very high bit rate contactless interfaces ...
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