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UK <endeca_term>airport</endeca_term> body scans will not be opt out

UK airport body scans will not be opt out

...Travellers from UK airports will not be able to avoid full-body scans that show them... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK airports to drop £9.1m eye-scanning tech

...Biometric eye-scanners have been dropped at Manchester and Birmingham airports, and will be phased out across the country, according to the UK... Read more

17 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Photos: Augmented reality iPhone app lands at Copenhagen Airport

...locate departure gates, which are located on four different arms at Copenhagen Airport. The user simply searches for their gate and the app tells them... Read more

10 May, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

US court orders rethink on airport body scanners

...Agency violated federal law when it installed full-body scanners in US airports without following proper procedures, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The... Read more

18 July, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Europe lays down airport rules for full-body scans

...The European Commission has set out rules for the use in European airports of full-body scanners that show body parts. The European Commission has... Read more

16 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Airbus eyes the skies with self-healing plane

Airbus eyes the skies with self-healing plane

...An airport devoid of any features above ground except runways and a combined terminal... Read more

18 June, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
ZDNet UK's Christmas tech wish list

ZDNet UK's Christmas tech wish list

...on the surface — seemingly endless train journeys, countless hours spent sat in airports — and that's without mentioning the flurry of long-haul flights. So... Read more

24 December, 2010 by Staff

Twitter trial told bomb threat was a joke

...a trainee accountant said he would blow up Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport was intended as a joke, the defendant's lawyers said at his... Read more

24 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Heathrow brings in facial-recognition scanners

...will have their faces scanned from September before they board their planes, airport operator BAA has announced. Travellers will be enrolled into a facial recognition... Read more

22 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

Air traffic control system is 'not safe', say UK controllers

...the Scottish and Oceanic Air Traffic Control (ATC) Centre at Glasgow Prestwick Airport has had difficulty handling complex inputs, according to people posting on an... Read more

2 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US security agency faces body-scanner backlash

...ID card that would allow security to be bypassed at high-traffic airports. As the US Thanksgiving travel season draws near, the reaction to the... Read more

17 November, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

US agency admits to saving body scan images

...follows an earlier disclosure (PDF) by the TSA that it requires all airport body scanners it purchases to be able to store and transmit images... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

EU and US sign draft passenger data pact

The European Commission has said that the draft EU-US agreement strengthens data protection for people using airlines in Europe, but a number of MEPs say the data-sharing agreement still may not be legal Read more

18 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Flying visit? Airports use tech to take the hassle out of business travel

Survey reveals self-service is the way of the future for airports... Getting on a plane is about to get a lot easier according... Read more

17 October, 2011 by Nick Heath
<endeca_term>Airport</endeca_term> Ace - Airport Maps & Information 3.0

Airport Ace - Airport Maps & Information 3.0

...and see what all the other flyers are talking about!AirportAce features:Airport Weather - See what kind of weather you will be flying in! Shows... Read more

8 April, 2012

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