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  2. Full body scanner - Wikipedia

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    Full body scanner in millimeter wave scanners technique at Cologne Bonn Airport Image from an active millimeter wave body scanner. A full-body scanner is a device that detects objects on or inside a person's body for security screening purposes, without physically removing clothes or making physical contact.

  3. Millimeter wave scanner - Wikipedia

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    A millimeter wave scanner at Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany, Europe. A millimeter wave scanner is a whole-body imaging device used for detecting objects concealed underneath a person’s clothing using a form of electromagnetic radiation.

  4. Backscatter X-ray - Wikipedia

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    Backscatter technology produces an image that resembles a chalk etching. [1]Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in x-ray intensity transmitted through the target.

  5. Worst toy ever -- Airport security x-ray machine - AOL

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    However, I have to believe that we can do better than Wizard Industries' pathetic new offering, the Scan-it Operation. I suppose in an era when every kid owns a boxcar's worth of toys, finding new ...

  6. Airport security - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] [8] In the United States, the TSA is working on new scanning machines that are still effective searching for objects that are not allowed in the airplanes but that do not depict the passengers in a state of undress that some find embarrassing. Explosive detection machines can also be used for both carry-on and checked baggage.

  7. Airport surveillance radar - Wikipedia

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    Daytona Beach International Airport Surveillance Radar. An airport surveillance radar (ASR) is a radar system used at airports to detect and display the presence and position of aircraft in the terminal area, the airspace around airports. It is the main air traffic control system for the airspace around airports. At large airports it typically ...

  8. Puffer machine - Wikipedia

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    The machine operates by releasing multiple puffs of air at a passenger who is standing upright within the machine. This will flush out any particles on the person inside the machine then analyze and identify them in seconds. [5] According to an article in the 16 June, 2005, New York Times, it is capable of screening up to 180 passengers an hour ...

  9. Air Route Surveillance Radar - Wikipedia

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    All ARSR-1/2s were replaced by Common ARSR by the end of 2015. CARSR has a 200-nautical-mile (370 km; 230 mi) range, and shares transmitter components and software with the FAA's new airport surveillance radar, the ASR-11. Like the ASR-11, CARSR is completely solid state. Westinghouse built ARSR-3.