The move to get the best scanners that will allow faster processing of people to shorten the delays that airport security checks are taxing on the ever shortening nerves of airline passengers. True the airline industry is in full swing and true the business is a time sensitive one but the area of security is one that the US does not want to gamble with in a post 9-11 world. The scanner which is undergoing trials at LAX is said to be “TOO REVEALING” by some passengers and bridges the gap that metal detectors cannot scan for and find, ceramic materials such as weapons and other items that can be considered a threat. While the scanner may be faster than traditional manuals hand scanning and it avoids physical contact, it may reveal more than just your hidden items. Surveys of the scanner are not looking good for it may provide images that are too detailed enough to invade personal privacy showing all the stuff you have hidden under your clothes. This move is being endorsed by Homeland security but it does not bode well with passengers who say they do understand the need for security yet this may be too far.
Security checks are already causing repetitive delays which come in many stages, form initial metal detectors, x-ray machines and other scanners that go through both passenger and baggage alike. The new scanner allows the scanning of people to become easier which would signal a more thorough manual search sparing many the inconvenient task of security searches that are now in place. The release of the British of another form of scanner that detects the energy emitted by all objects in the universe may better for it scans only for the variation of the expected human’s scanned image. The imaging technology works similar to CT scanning technology and can also raise radiation exposure safety issues on the future but for this wonderful scanner, it may be too early to tell if it would be replacing all the bothersome technologies Homeland security has come up with. All this for your travel safety and leisure?
Have you heard of the latest hullaballoo in geekdom? Or maybe I should say nerdom. I just read this post over at Forever Geek, talking about how a professor is proposing to ban the words “geek” and “nerd.” Why? He says that their use merely helps in propagating the negative connotations [...]
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