The eye has often been thought of as the window into the human soul, and the iris—the ring of colored fibrous tissue controlling the aperture (pupil) at the front of the eye—seen as an external ...

At a time when everyone is worried about airline safety, the work of a little-known Cambridge University scientist could ease the public’s fear. John Daugman’s mathematical algorithms turn the human ...

Iris recognition is catching up to other popular biometric applications, such as fingerprint and facial recognition, in worldwide usage. It’s a highly accurate technology because human iris patterns ...