News tagged with airport scanner
Analysis suggests cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low
Calculations by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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New articles examine safety of airport security scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to use whole-body imaging scanners as a primary screening measure on travelers passing through airport security checkpoints. One type of scanner employs millimeter ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Liquids scanner for airport security
(PhysOrg.com) -- Air passengers one day may be able to carry their soaps, shampoo and bottled water onto the plane again, thanks to technology originally developed at UC Davis to check the quality of wine.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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US rolls out less revealing airport scanners
The US Transportation Security Administration began rolling out new airport scanner software Tuesday that produces less revealing images of travelers.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Airport security scanner receives award
Professor Bill Lionheart and his team, working with security firm Rapiscan, won the Defence and Security prize at The Engineer’s Technology & Innovation Awards.
Dec 22, 2010 |
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'Naked' scanners at US airports may be dangerous: scientists (Update)
Some US scientists warned Friday that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners now being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports around the country may be unsafe.
Nov 13, 2010 |
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EU nations divided on use of airport body scanners
(AP) -- European nations were sharply divided Thursday over the need to install full-body scanners at European airports, with some EU members playing down the need for beefed-up security measures.
Jan 07, 2010 |
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After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited
As US lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited.
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears
(AP) -- High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 28, 2009 |
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