Body Scanners Get An "F" For Detecting Contraband
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Can you find the hidden
weapon? It's a knife taped to the
spine with plumber's tape. |
Well this is kind of frightening. Remember the airport "backscatter" x-ray machines that were so
controversial because they showed your every curve, sag and crevice? Well, apparently they weren't so good at showing contraband. Researchers at three colleges pooled their money and bought a brand new machine (off E-Bay no less), then took turns trying to smuggle guns, knives and fake explosives through it.
Here's what happened.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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