With pat downs, metal detectors, X-ray machines, and “puffer machines,” catching a plane can see you and your belongings scanned and probed more thoroughly than a trip to the doctor. Yet another explosives-detecting device may soon be added to the airport screening arsenal. However, because the explosives-detecting equipment is integrated into a boarding gate, the developers claim it won’t disrupt the flow of passengers boarding a plane... Continue Reading Prototype explosives-detecting boarding gate keeps passengers moving

Section: Aero Gizmo

Tags: Detector, Explosives, Hitachi, Prototype, Terrorism

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