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Laser Scanner May Allow Passengers To Take Bottled Drinks On Planes Again
cylonlover writes "Besides having to remove our shoes, the volume limitations regarding liquids and gels in carry-on baggage has become a major hassle in the world of post 9-11 airport security. Hopefully, however, we may soon be able to once again bring our big bottles of water and tubes of toothpaste aboard airliners in our overnight bags. Britain's Cobalt Light Systems has developed a scanner called the INSIGHT100, that uses laser light to assess the liquid contents of containers, even if those containers are opaque."
The genie is out of the bottle and people are too scared now. I'm waiting for the day that someone suggests flying requires passengers to be put to sleep through anesthetics and shipped in cubes, not mean it to be a Thomas Swift Modest Proposal type suggestion.
by Anonymous Coward: I, for one, welcome the shift from car analogies to pizza analogies. um.. overlords?
It's ok. The TSA agents will be divying those up and taking them home later.
Just do like they used to - if it's a suspicious liquid that's supposed to be drinkable, you take a swig. If not, it doesn't go with you.
"I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder."
Set your phasers on "funky"!
Totally ignoring the garbage cans full of presumed explosives at checkpoints?
Even if we stick to hydration, some people need special liquids. eg. Babies.
Babies must be blended before they are a liquid.