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A promising scanning device that would allow airline passengers to keep their shoes on while walking through security checkpoints is now being tested, reports USA Today. The ShoeScanner uses technology similar to an MRI to detect explosives in five to eight seconds. Rather than remove shoes and jackets, travelers stand in a kiosk where radio waves are targeted at shoes to agitate molecules and analyze their structure. Readings are sent to a computer that holds a library of explosives characteristics and makes a quick comparison. Kip Hawley, head of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, says the technology must pass tests in real airport settings before he would discuss a timetable for deploying the machines. "The question is: Can you operate and deploy (the machine) and have people walk on it without it breaking down. It's sensitive electronic equipment." AIR FARE In other "flight news," the move to turn airplanes into Wi-Fi havens allowing passengers to send email from laptops, monitor BlackBerrys, or surf the Web on domestic flights may be realized by 2007. AirCell and JetBlue's LiveTV unit were the top two bidders in a Federal Communications Commission auction of air-
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- Author
- CACM Staff
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Computer Science (Physical Sciences)