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Palm Beach airport face scanner failed

Palm Beach, Usa - Pilot program showed poor results

Facial recognition technology tested at the Palm Beach international airport had a dismal failure rate, according to preliminary results from a pilot program at the facility. The system failed to correctly identify airport employees 53% of the time. The manufacturer of the system, Visionics, said the results were poor because their product was not used correctly. He said that similar tests at the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 28276
Rome, Italy, 05/16/2002 16:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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