May 22, 2009

No More Puffers

According to An Airport Screening Program Is Killed, the government is scrapping the airport “puffers” that were supposed to suck in air from your body and analyze for minute traces of Bad Things.

Seems they cost too much, don’t really work, and break down all the time.


Posted by Michael : May 22, 2009 09:01 AM | National Security | TechnoLinks
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That's some pretty impressive technology, shame it was plagued with problems. I have seen these in use, although didn't get to test my breath!

Posted by: Reseller Hosting at May 23, 2009 12:55 PM

It seems they're replacing them with some kind of spinning x-ray booth that looks both more cumbersome and more expensive.

Posted by: Adam at May 28, 2009 02:35 PM
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