Australian Airports To Test ThruVision Non Irradiating Body Scanners

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Australian airports have begun trialing body scanning technology that neither emits any form of radiation, nor produces a naked image of the person passing through it in a move that is sure to throw a spanner in the works of TSA plans to roll out hundreds more irradiating scanners at American transport hubs.
According to UK-based security company ThruVision Systems, their “passive” scanning technology “operates by receiving natural TeraHertz energy from the person being screened and the environment immediately surrounding them.”
In other words, machines fitted with the technology collect the natural thermal energy that is emitted by all people and objects, and are able to identify any concealed objects from the different TeraHertz waves they emit, all without capturing high levels of body detail.
ThruVision states on its website that it’s mission is “To develop, produce and provide solutions that maintain security whilst protecting civil liberties.”
A 2010 press release by the company explains:
“Terahertz waves occupy part of the electromagnetic spectrum between radio waves and infra-red (heat). Terahertz waves are naturally produced all of the time by all objects and people. ThruVision Systems’ products only receive, they do not transmit. ThruVision Systems’ products do not illuminate people with any radiation such as X-rays or millimetre wave microwaves. The products provide imaging solutions for real time use on people either close by or at distance, indoors and out.”
ThruVision’s TS4 passive full-body screening system, which is capable of detecting metals, plastics, ceramics, liquids, gels and powders, is already being tested at Sydney airport and Melbourne airport, with plans to extend the trials to other Australian airports over time.
The TS4 is far less bulky than the standard radiation emitting scanners that the TSA is currently using, it can even be wall or ceiling mounted. It is capable of screening streams of people, rather than one individual at a time and it is also priced at roughly half the cost of a conventional full-body scanner.
With all this in mind there is absolutely no excuse for the TSA not to be using this technology instead of frying Americans with radiation and groping elderly women and children on a daily basis.
As we recently reported, the same type of safe scanners are already being fully employed by Sony distribution centers. The corporation says it asks employees to walk through the scanners to allay concerns over the potential for theft or copying of Blu-ray and DVD discs outside of the company.