It's not a conspiracy anymore… London train station launches world's first facial recognition security gates The first ever biometric corridor for train travel opened today in London's Eurostar terminal. The system replaces border checks with a face verification checkpoint that… pic.twitter.com/qMkZulX4U1
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Your face could be your ticket at the Tube station of the future
The company behind the Oyster card is working on a face-scanning ticketing system
At the train station of the future, your face could be your ticket and gates could be invisible.
Cubic Transportation Systems, the US company behind London’s Oyster card technology, is working on new ticketing systems that use facial recognition, palm vein scanning and object tracking in a bid to cut down queues.
“The ridership on public transportation is due to grow,” says Dave Roat, strategy manager at Cubic. “How do we deal with the growth in capacity and help enable passenger flow through stations?”