Dome Watch

Sunday 21 December 1997 00:02 GMT

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The latest addition to the bric-a-brac stall at Mandelson's millennium fayre will make your pupils dilate: it is so high-tech. Iris recognition, as it is known, has nothing to do with remembering what your great aunt looks like and is, in fact, straight from the world of James Bond. Developed at Cambridge University, the system can tell whether someone is who they say they are from the unique patina of their eye.

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