scanners
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The Secret US Government Laser That Instantly Knows Everything About You
Within the next year or two, the US Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 50 metres away. From traces of drugs or gun powder on your clothes to what you had for breakfast to the adrenaline level in your…
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Supermarket Object Scanner Could Kill Barcodes
I loathe self-service checkouts at supermarkets. Not because I want to hang around there for the fun of it, but simply because they’re so incredibly inefficient, especially if you’re dealing with items that never had barcodes, such as fruit and vegetables. A new scanner from Toshiba might fix my woes, as it omits barcodes and…
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iConvert Scanner Dock Lets Your iPad Wrangle Receipts
A scanner can be a useful tool for road warriors, but travelling with one of those all-in-one office machines is just impractical. Instead, consider the svelte iConvert which easily stashes in your carry-on and digitises documents directly into your iPad.
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Did The TSA Ignore Early X-Ray Scanner Cancer Risks?
The US Federal Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates medical technology, has long opposed large-scale X-ray machine deployment, arguing that people shouldn’t be irradiated without a direct medical benefit. So how did 250 X-ray “backscatter” scanners, which potentially increase cancer rates, land in American airports? Because the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) insists they’re safe.