Thursday, May 19, 2011

Singapore to adopt face recognition at border control points

Govt to award S$1.1b worth of public sector infocomm projects (ChannelNewsAsia.com)
The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) plans to implement a biometric system - called the Flexi Immigration Clearance System (Flex-i) - that recognises a person's face at immigration checkpoints and allows the person to enter the country in record time.

The project is the first of its kind in Singapore and will allow ICA to toggle between automated and manned counters for immigration clearance.