Airport “Naked” Body Scanners Get Privacy Upgrade to Anonymize Your Naughty Bits
Airport security scanners that literally see through your clothes are contentious. Because … well, think about shadowy TSA guys peeping at your bits. Hence some firms are now tweaking them to anonymize your “x-rays” to protect your decency. The issues surrounding through-clothes airport security imagers are complex, and the matter has got stickier in the…
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Kit Eaton - FastCompany
Missile Beats Flying Lightsaber In Crucial Test
Missile 1, Flying Laser 0. So much for America’s real-life “lightsaber.” The Missile Defense Agency has spent billions to trick out a Boeing 747 with a laser to shoot down missiles. But the so-called Airborne Laser Test Bed just failed a crucial test that it was expected to pass: shooting down a mock nuclear-armed missile…
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Spencer Ackerman - Danger Room