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TSA to Replace Naked Body Scanners with Goofy Animated Body Scanners

A second type of TSA scanner, built by L-3 Communications Holdings, uses radio waves and shows hidden objects on an avatar images on a screen -- not on an image of a passenger. Well, if we're going to ...
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What TSA's Bag Scanners Actually See When They Scan Your Luggage

Bags onto the conveyor belt, electronics in a bin, and off you go through the TSA scanning process. Everyone knows their carry-on bags are screened at the airport through an X-ray device or 3-D ...
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Smiths Detection’s Advanced Carry-on Baggage CT Scanner Qualifies for TSA’s Checkpoint Property Screening System Qualified Products List & Acceptable Capability List

All three size configurations of the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX now approved by the TSA The HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX uses both visual operator inspection and automated object recognition, leading to low false-alarm ...
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Airports upgrade scanners after privacy concerns over older devices

US airports replaced 174 Rapiscan backscatter X-ray scanners in 2013 after privacy complaints and a Congressional mandate for software that could mask detailed body images. The machines were swapped ...