Oops: Backscatter x-ray machines "tear apart DNA"
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The latest airport security trend is the backscatter x-ray machine, touted as a powerful way to virtually frisk a traveler for contraband without the embarassment of a strip search. Though touted as completely safe because the level of radiation is so low, travelers have been nervous about the devices -- and not just because it shows off a nice outline of their privates to the people manning the machines -- but because they remain scared of the health problems they might propose. Looks like a little healthy paranoia might have been a good thing. While the conventional wisdom has held...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 06:37:15 AM
Check out TSA's latest technology (backscatter)
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YouTube posting: Actual backscatter video footage from TSA. Images are exactly what Transportation Security Officers see. Interesting technology. Hasn't Europe been using this technology for years now?
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 06:37:15 AM
X-ray screening for airline passengers to be tested in Phoenix
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a controversial new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies in an effort to find concealed explosives and other weapons. The technology, called backscatter, has been around for several years but has not been widely used in the U.S. as an anti-terrorism tool because of privacy concerns. The Transportation Security Administration said it has found a way to refine the machine's images so that the normally graphic pictures can be blurred in certain areas while still being effective in detecting bombs and other threats. The agency is expected...
Published on Friday 10th of September 2010 06:37:15 AM
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