Biometric technology holds a key to security
Before September 11, biometrics was just one of the hundreds of new high-tech buzzwords flooding into the English language, and one that was meaningless to

Before September 11, biometrics was just one of the hundreds of new high-tech buzzwords flooding into the English language, and one that was meaningless to most people in the aviation industry. But experts say that over the next 12 months, few of us will not have experienced, and benefited from, its effects.

Put simply, biometrics technology allows the virtually instant and positive recognition of anyone from just one of their physical characteristics, such as their fingerprints, eyes, voice, facial features and even their gait. These characteristics are essentially unique to each of us, and thereby lend themselves to advanced computer “pattern recognition” techniques.