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Optical scanners break down in early Florida voting

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2008-10-21 13:13:13 by CharlieWhite in DVICE
...scanners in that state Jacksonville area voters waited in long lines as precinct officials struggled to fix the balky optical scanners, which indicated that the ballots used were too long to be scanned. There were seven malfunctioning scanners replaced, with an additional ten ordered as backups. Meanwhile, voters were allowed to cast their...
 
 
 
 
 
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Body scanners that can see through clothing to be installed in 10 U.S. airports soon

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2008-06-06 16:18:04 by Nicholas Deleon in CrunchGear
...scanners that can see underneath clothing will be installed in 10 of the countrys biggest airports within the next few weeks. Airline passengers in cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. can look forward to scenes like the kind depicted in this photo here. How theyll be used The scanners bounce harmless millimeter waves off...
 
 
 
 
 
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Germany Says "Nein" to Full Body Scanners

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2008-10-27 06:32:19 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...scanners in European airports. At a press conference, she said this I can tell you in all clarity that we will not take part in this nonsense This doesn't seem to be an objection to adding yet another pointless prop to the security theater that is today's airport experience, but instead a privacy issue. According to Reuters, the scanners...
 
 
 
 
 
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Germany Tries to Stop Body Scanners Seeing Nipples

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2008-12-01 04:08:06 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...scanners as nonsense last month, the German government has decided to have another crack at the latest device in the game known as "security theater The T-Ray scanner, which sees through clothes to detect such hidden dangers as nail clippers and perhaps a ripe, potentially explosive Mozzarella di Bufala (yes, Naples airport -- I'm still sore...
 
 
 
 
 
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Film Scanners

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2005-11-13 11:35:00 by Rafa Minuesa in Office Gadget Inspector
...scanners http://www.halftone.co.uk/tech/filmscan/menu.htm It shows some comparisons scans from different makes Unfortunately outdated Whatever happened to all the webmasters of all the websites not updated since 2000-2002 Amazon.com: Nikon Super CoolScan 5000 ED Film Scanner: Camera & Photo Description copyright Amazon.com) - 9238 -...
 
 
 
 
 
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Bored TSA officials invest in scanners to peep under your clothes

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2008-01-15 10:17:52 by HASH0x8ab6948 in DVICE
...scanners from QinetiQ of Britain. QinetiQ's hardware is reportedly able to rapidly scan a moving crowd to spot concealed weapons and explosives. We're not quite sure how it works, but it wouldn't be as sluggish as using x-rays to scan instead But just how much does the technology allow authorities to see ? It may seem modest, but if I want to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Check scanners: high tech or old hat?

2008-02-09 05:55:07 by HASH0x8c41474 in gadget life blog
 
...scanners for two years, and apparently its popular. Dozens of USAA users left comments after the NYT story , praising the convenience of check-scanning Scanning checks is, no doubt, easier than depositing them manually, but it would be easier still to simply abandon checks for some entirely electronic system Perhaps each bank could offer a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Airport scanners see through clothes

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2008-04-21 12:00:20 by Edwin in Coolest Gadgets
...scanners enable TSA personnel to see concealed weapons and other items that may be hidden beneath clothes, a thought that will come across as uncomfortable to some folk. The first pilot test began in October at Phoenix Sky-Harbor International Airport last year, and TSA Administrator Kip Hawley has given reassurances that the agencys main...
 
 
 
 
 
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Portable medical scanners built to interface with cellphones

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2008-05-02 11:05:02 by admin in Cool Gadgets and Gizmos
...scanners ? Totally amazing machines, sure, but things like that arent apt to be shipped into obscure jungles throughout Africa. Thankfully, a team of researchers have developed something that could bring medical scanning to an even larger chunk of the world: a real live Tricorder . Of course, its not really going by that moniker, but the...