Invention: Shocking airport scans

Iria · Aug 3, 2005, 04:59 PM

Shock tactics

Patents filed by an Israeli inventor Amit Weisman and US company Yardeni Associates of Connecticut make scary reading for nervous travellers.

Airport security guards already use hand-held electromagnetic wands to detect metal hidden under clothing. The same wand can also sniff for traces of the gases some explosives emit into the air.

If the passenger is a suicide bomber who realises the wand has found something, the guard might not have enough time to pull out handcuffs or a gun. So the new wand will have a hidden secret – a transformer which steps the detector’s battery power up to 100 kilovolts and feeds it to disguised metal electrodes at the end of the wand.
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Read More / Source: New Scientist

klevo · Aug 3, 2005, 05:11 PM

great. I am looking forward to my next airport visit.

FDM80 · Aug 3, 2005, 06:32 PM

wand can also sniff for traces of the gases some ...... emit into the air.

I can emit some gasses, that are combustable too. Wonder what would happen.

Aug 3, 2005, 04:59 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Invention: Shocking airport scans Shock tactics Patents filed by an Israeli inventor Amit Weisman and US company Yardeni Associates of Connecticut make scary reading for nervous travellers. Airport security guards already use hand-held electromagnetic wands to detect metal hidden under clothing. The same wand can also sniff for traces of the gases some explosives emit into the air. If the passenger is a suicide bomber who realises the wand has found something, the guard might not have enough time to pull out handcuffs or a gun. So the new wand will have a hidden secret – a transformer which steps the detector’s battery power up to 100 kilovolts and feeds it to disguised metal electrodes at the end of the wand. __________ Read More / Source: New Scientist

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klevo 2 l33t Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Slovakia Posts: 587 Rep Power: 0	great. I am looking forward to my next airport visit. __________________ My blog

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FDM80 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 136 Rep Power: 0	wand can also sniff for traces of the gases some ...... emit into the air. I can emit some gasses, that are combustable too. Wonder what would happen. __________________ Verizon FIOS rules!