WOBURN, MA--(Marketwire - October 29, 2010) - Iscon is introducing an enhanced version of the 1000D whole body scanner equipped with optional biometric technologies and identity verification techniques that will vastly improve security at corrections facilities, law enforcement as well as international airports.
The Iscon 1000D is the only whole body imaging portal that can be integrated with state of the art technologies to detect virtually any object, without radiation or privacy issues and confirm that the person is indeed who they claim to be. This is critical in prisons as inmates try to pose as others to escape as well as airport security to speed processing, identify terrorists and discover contraband.
Iscon1000D uses thermo-conductive infrared technology that completes a 360°scan in 30 seconds, reveals a multitude of objects, but doesn't penetrate clothing, so there's no privacy or radiation issues.
It can detect the thermal imprint of any object that many scanners miss, including:
- thin plastic
- wood
- powder (pills and drugs)
- paper (money)
- liquids
- ceramics (explosives)
Iscon 1000D is already been sold in the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, Iraq, Russia and the Ukraine.
However, there does seem to be some drawbacks that may actually violate some privacy concerns.
The enhanced system offers stand alone or combined options for integrated security capabilities through identify verification using the following technologies:
Facial Recognition -- Can compare a person's facial attributes to existing databases and cross match with other systems.
Fingerprint Recognition -- Fingerprints are a highly reliable identification method and are a fast and easy way to determine identity. Large law enforcement databases can be accessed to cross match and verify a person's identity quickly and easily.
Iris Recognition -- Scans of a person's iris can be cross-matched to a database for identity verification.
Card/Barcode Reader -- For high traffic areas that need fast scans, the Iscon 1000D is equipped with a card and barcode reader. At manufacturing facilities and other high security operations, that require both scanning and verification, this system is ideal for people who are preapproved and can simply scan their card or barcode and go through safely.
Yeah, it was sounding good until you get into the facial recognition firmware or software. Obviously for this to work, your mug would have be stored in a federal government database, if that option was sold to the government. At this point, why would you expect any less? Our government just passed a law with a national healthcare database, so I have no doubt identifiers like pictures will be stored within the database. Healthcare software databases have offered this option for over a decade. Surely the TSA could access this database and use facial recognition software as well right? That definitely opens up a can of worms.
Of course, some of the other techniques open up the possibility of a forced biometric database even further than what it has been discussed up until now. Remember, it was the Obama administration last year calling for a DNA database as well. They are collecting as much information as they can from you, and this machine would further that mission. Of course, the current airport scanners could function in the same manner as well.
So what sounds like a better idea is quite messy when you look at the reality.
