New scanner may replace metal detectors.


	New scanner may replace metal detectors.

pokkets

10-11-2007 6:17 AM

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scanner, customs, airport, pat-down, metal detector

pokkets says:

They work, they're just not sure if a pat-down is better

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Passengers may request the full-body scan -- which blurs faces so the person being screened cannot be recognized -- instead of the traditional pat-down used across the country. The new machine uses radio waves to detect foreign objects</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Science\20071011\Airport_Body_Scan_20071011.xml&cat=science&subcat=&pageid=1">Phoenix airport has been testing a similar machine that uses</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Science\20071011\Airport_Body_Scan_20071011.xml&cat=science&subcat=&pageid=1">backscatter radiation to scan the entire body</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Science\20071011\Airport_Body_Scan_20071011.xml&cat=science&subcat=&pageid=1">The backscatter uses a narrow, low-intensity x-ray beam that's scans the entire body at a high speed. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Science\20071011\Airport_Body_Scan_20071011.xml&cat=science&subcat=&pageid=1">Officials are trying to determine if the body-scan machines are a more effective</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Science\20071011\Airport_Body_Scan_20071011.xml&cat=science&subcat=&pageid=1">than a pat-down.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?articlepath=APNews\Science\20071011\Airport_Body_Scan_20071011.xml&cat=science&subcat=&pageid=1"><P>TSA describes this as similar to a "fuzzy photo negative."</P><P>Privacy advocates say the images are more graphic than that.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B80C761D-14F1-4C5B-ABF0-2DA9362A2EA3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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