Borders were tightened, partly by investing in scanningsystems (to spot people hidden in trucks) but mostly by demanding visas of migrants from hotspots such as Zimbabwe.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A system using fingerprint scanning and face recognition systems, designed to speed up passenger transit times and increase security, is beginning a trial at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3.
Launched in 2002, it was meant to revolutionise the way technology was used in the health service by paving the way for electronic records, digital scanning and integrated IT systems across hospitals and community care.
The existence of genetically identical siblings will have to be taken into account, but the new technology will make iris-scanning and hand-geometry systems seem quaint.
The vehicle systems are capable of tasks such as scanning movement of objects around it, identifying a green light from a red light and measuring the trajectory of the vehicle on the road.
Systems based on machine learning filter out noise in big data or high resolution models by scanning for patterns that humans would like to find but cannot.