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National Defense September 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Here's Looking At You: Iris Recognition on the Move Unlike fingerprints and other biometrics, the iris remains largely immutable to physical changes caused by normal aging processes and environmental factors.  |
Wired June 2003 Thomas Keenan |
Tent City At its most basic level, humanitarianism calls out for a special kind of space -- a space of neutrality. Relief work challenges borders and governments; it aspires to create and protect a nonpartisan zone in the name of ordinary people.  |
| Parameters |
Unintended Alliance: The Co-option of Humanitarian Aid in Conflicts Despite being widely known, the utilization of the humanitarian aid system as a logistical support system for war is one of the most overlooked constituent tactics of modern warfare.  |
Salon.com August 7, 2000 Laura Rozen |
Bread instead of soldiers On the front lines of war, humanitarian-aid workers do the work of diplomats -- but some say they should stay away from politics.  |
Salon.com October 19, 2001 Janelle Brown |
Optional burqas and mandatory malnutrition After spending 18 months studying Afghanistan, Dr. Lynn Amowitz reports that life under the Taliban is more brutal -- and more complicated -- than we suspected...  |
National Defense June 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Biometrics Systems Help Strengthen Border Security in Persian Gulf Nation Having to deal with a daily onslaught of immigrants and visitors, the United Arab Emirates has had to resort to advanced technology to strengthen its border control and to weed out potential terrorists.  |
Wall Street & Technology January 9, 2006 |
Multi-Asset Trade Manager Iris Financial unveiled Iris Trade Manager, a multi-asset, middle-office trade management and processing solution. The application is completely customizable, offering functionality unique to each client institution, according to the firm.  |
Bank Technology News September 2001 Maria Bruno |
Biometrics Are Too Hot to Handle Despite high hopes, bankers are still all talk when it comes to identification technology...  |
Inc. June 2006 Patrick J. Sauer |
Case Study Update: Eyeing Global Clients In May 2004, Iridian Technologies, a Moorestown, New Jersey, company, was facing a Faustian bargain: surrender the right to defend its core patent or give up the dream of breaking into a big new market.  |
PC Magazine June 25, 2003 Sebastian Rupley |
It's You Identifying people through biometrics -- from fingerprints to iris scans -- is a hot topic in a security-conscious world. Datastrip has a new spin on simplifying the process, with the Datastrip DSVerify2D portable scanner.  |
National Defense January 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Iris Scan Technology Yet to Take Off But where are the customers? So far, the government is driving the development of iris scanners and other biometric technologies, said Jerry Thames, executive advisor to Booz Allen Hamilton.  |
Salon.com December 17, 2001 Tamim Ansary |
Leaping to conclusions Well-meaning observers are making dangerous assumptions about Afghan women and their goals for the future...  |
National Defense February 2014 Stephen A. Mackey |
Time to Make Key Decisions in Afghanistan As the United States enters its second decade in Afghanistan, it is wise to examine the nation's interests and use them to inform the path ahead. Nations do not have permanent friends and allies, only permanent interests.  |
PC World June 2005 Richard Jantz |
OCR Upgrade Fast but Not Foolproof Readiris Pro 10 works well on standard character-recognition tasks, but falls short on hand-printed text.  |