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New Explosive Detection Tech

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-can-it-reduce-the-groping dept.

cruci writes to tell us Yahoo! is reporting that a New Zealand company, Syft, has developed a new way to detect many different kinds of explosives (and their individual ingredients) in real time. Designed for what the company calls "photocopier simplicity", CEO Geoff Peck claims that the technology is ready to deploy immediately and is already deployed in some ports and hospitals. From the article: "The Voice100(TM) employs Selected Ion Flow Tube - Mass Spectrometry (SIFT-MS). While SIFT-MS has been in academic use for more than 20 years, Syft Technologies is the first company to offer a commercial instrument with the full discriminating analytical power of a laboratory-grade mass spectrometer."

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  1. Tubes by p0tat03 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The Voice100(TM) employs Selected Ion Flow Tube..."

    It's a bunch of tubes I tell you!

  2. Alternate method by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try to light all suspicious materials on fire. Nice and cheap (all you need is some guy you pay minimum wage with a handheld lighter). For larger items, have a can of hairspray handy to use as a cheap flamethrower.

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  3. Re:Nothing to see here. Move along. by gilberry · · Score: 2, Funny

    By calling a terrorist Mohammed, you are profiling. Why not call him John. John Mohammed.

  4. Re:Nothing to see here. Move along. by powerlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    I object! You are merely playing into populist stances by using such a stereotypical last name!

    You should instead use a last name like "Doe" ... "Mohammed Doe"

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  5. Re:oh, great! by El+Torico · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, a rational argument, you must be new here.

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  6. Re:What's the point by mdielmann · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the link...
    Then of course there is the question of people smuggling explosives on
    board in their body cavities, so in addition to nudity, you need body
    cavity searches. That will, I'm sure, provide additional airport
    entertainment. By the way, if you really don't think a terrorist could
    smuggle enough explosives on board in their rectum to make a
    difference, you haven't been following how people in prison store
    their shivs and heroin.

    Puts a whole new spin on "blow it out your ass"...

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  7. Re:I have some cool technology by damonlab · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not interested unless it detects these: http://img.2dehands.nl/f/normal/10427705-dell-lati tude-d600.jpg