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How intelligent is Artificial Intelligence? Is it so intelligent that we can rely on it? How much can it help us and where are its limits? Many applications of AI are used to analyze, then forecast outcomes and then react to these appropriately. As AI develops, it is becoming a feature of many … https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/computers-doing-the-thinking/
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Camera-equipped drones have taken to the skies like never before and regulatory bodies are taking notice. Yet recent regulations in Sweden citing privacy issues have grounded them for all but serious professionals. As in other industries, drone-flying has become so easy and user-friendly that … https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/regulating-the-rise-in-drones/
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When an airport experiences a major security breach, officials scramble to implement new, sometimes invasive technologies to keep airlines and passengers safe. One of the latest examples occurred on Christmas Day, 2009, when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab passed through airport security in Amsterdam with a bomb on a Detroit-bound flight. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/airport-alert/
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The main impulse for e-passports is security. As the British passport authority says on its website: “The increasing threat of identity fraud means we must strengthen security features.” By including a digital version of biometric details in the passport, the aim is to ensure that no-one else will be able to use it. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/anything-to-declare/
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A recent survey of passengers on Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, showed that fingerprint identification has become widely accepted. Over 70% of Swedish respondents who participated in a trial to validate their luggage check-in with their fingerprints were positive and thought that the system should be introduced full-scale to allow ticket-free travel and remote check-in. The respondents felt that convenience was the main advantage. In response, SAS has expanded the trial and is now testing the fingerprinting system on several key domestic routes in Sweden, to ensure that the checked-in passenger is the same person who boards the plane. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/hands-on-access/
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Security at airports has always been tough. But the terrorist attack on New York, showed that it was not tough enough. The airports employ various security systems already today to try and identify anyone or anything that may pose a threat to the safety of passengers, airplanes or the airport itself. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/the-future-of-airport-security/
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Airports face two difficult security challenges: First, they must get the right people to destinations around the world, quickly and safely; second they must make it impossible for the wrong people to access either airport restricted zones or planes. And while both challenges are important, in the current climate the second is a matter of life and death. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/security-built-from-ground-up/
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It’s been a tremendous challenge for airports in the U.S. and around the world: How can they measure up to new standards in traveler screening and security, without creating delays – and escalating passenger dissatisfaction? Fortunately, technology is stepping in. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/life-on-the-fast-lane/
