Passports to contain RFID chips next year
International travelers will find a new accessory among their standard travel gear starting in late 2006: an RFID-equipped passport. The new passports, mandated by State Department regulations, will feature a 64 KB chip containing a duplicate of the information featured on the passport's physical page, which the government hopes will strengthen national security. "The electronic...Chinese Woman Hoodwinks Hospital with Fake Passport avails $50,000 worth treatment
A foreign woman suffering a heart ailment, masquerading with a Chinese name and fake passport that belonged to a dead person, has got herself treated in a hospital in// Auckland to the tune of $50,000. She has apparently fled the country. While outlining the apparent difficulties in sifting the grains from the chaff, Auckland District Health Board chairman Wayne Brown explained how th...Biometric Passports For Indians
Shri E.Ahmed, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, informed the Lok Sabha today that the Government has decided to introduce e-passports, also known as Biometric passports. At first these passports will be issued for diplomats and officials as a pilot project by the end of 2007. Based on the experience gained from this pilot project, it is proposed to start iss...Passport II Lens Placement System
Description:The Passport II delivery device is the second generation of the lens placement system for C11UB. Its simple-to-use syringe technology allows one-handed delivery of the C11UB lens through a small incision. The blue colored plunger allows better visualization and is specially designed to protect the haptics during insertion. The modified 55-degree beveled tip eases incision entry, lessens the chanc...