Airport scanners keep it anonymous
The "suicide bomber" clips a shrapnel-filled belt around his waist and buttons up his jacket to conceal it.
The electromagnetic technology, known as Millimeter Wave, or MMW, is just one aspect of a potential revolution in security screening being pioneered at Qinetiq, formerly part of the research arm of the British defense ministry.
That's why, he said, the trend for the future will be to move the scanners outside the terminal building and operate them in "stand-off mode"--checking people from a distance before they even set foot inside.
The advantage is obvious: to spot potential attackers without alerting them to the fact, and gain precious seconds for security forces to prevent an attack.
This will create some interesting HCI requirements ...
The electromagnetic technology, known as Millimeter Wave, or MMW, is just one aspect of a potential revolution in security screening being pioneered at Qinetiq, formerly part of the research arm of the British defense ministry.
That's why, he said, the trend for the future will be to move the scanners outside the terminal building and operate them in "stand-off mode"--checking people from a distance before they even set foot inside.
The advantage is obvious: to spot potential attackers without alerting them to the fact, and gain precious seconds for security forces to prevent an attack.
This will create some interesting HCI requirements ...
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