Biometric security breakthroughs are coming that would let the military capture from a distance an iris and facial scan of an individual and immediately match it to a biometrics-based "Watch List" of suspected terrorists, combatants or criminals.Included Topics:
♦ Sensors mounted on flying aircraft drones
♦ Automated killing in war based on "tactical non-cooperative biometrics"
♦ Surveillance and watch lists
♦ Ethnicity & Gender identification
♦ Hardware & Software
All technological advances force societies to choose which applications of the new technology are acceptable. This article does a pretty good job of outlining some of the more exotic military possibilities opened up by biometrics, but it also shows that the military's thinking on acceptibility is pretty advanced, as well.
