Hitachi Develops Boarding Gate With Built-In Explosives Detector

An anonymous reader writes "Hitachi, in collaboration with Nippon Signal and the University of Yamanashi, have successfully prototyped a boarding gate with built-in explosives detection equipment as part of efforts to increase safety in public facilities such as airports. The prototype boarding gate efficiently collects minute particles which have affixed themselves to IC cards or portable devices used as boarding passes, and can detect within 1-2 seconds the presence of explosive compounds using internalized equipment. With this method, it is possible to inspect 1,200 passengers per hour."

Comments

Cup check!

[zippo01]

Anything would be better then getting karate chopped in the crotch by the poorly trained TSA guy, every time I fly and refuse the body scanner.

Multipass

[Intrepid imaginaut]

I though that just read "Hitachi Develops Boarding Gate With Built-In Explosives" for a moment.

Re:Multipass

[Anonymous Coward]

That would be Sony.

not intrusive enough

[Anonymous Coward]

Doesn't look intrusive enough, so I guess it will not be used.

Priveless

[frovingslosh]

Chemical sniffing boarding gate: $10,800,000

Government contract for the U.S. air travel system: Billions

$4 bag of potassium nitrate fertilizer sprinkled on sidewalk ice by a terrorist instead of salt: Priceless