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2005-07-24, 21:11:54
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Wäre doch die Lösung um Suicidbomber zu entdecken! :wink:
QinetiQ has developed a world first in an advanced imaging system that can detect stowaways hidden inside vehicles and even weapons concealed under a person's clothing or in their baggage. The 'Millimetre Wave Camera' system, which provides a real-time moving image scanning capability, is set to revolutionise many aspects of transport and border security and could banish time-consuming queues at security scanners in airports and other public places.
The 'Millimetre Wave Camera' technology has its origins in a defence research programme developing systems to allow soldiers and pilots to see through fog and cloud and to conduct operations in poor weather conditions. "We've actually come up with dozens of potential applications, from guiding airliners to their boarding gate in zero visibility to spotting people carrying concealed weapons going into football grounds" said Jeremy Attree, Commercial Director of QinetiQ's Sensors and Electronics Division.
The device works by passively detecting naturally occurring radiation as it reflects off different objects. Metal objects completely reflect naturally occurring radiation, and hence knives or guns hidden under clothing or in baggage appear on the scanner's display as distinct illuminated shapes. The human body reflects 30% of the naturally occuring radiation around it, and this enables the scanner to detect a person's actual body shape beneath their clothes. Therefore, attempts to conceal almost any item under a person's clothing can be foiled by the QinetiQ device.
In addition to its astonishing technical capabilities, the QinetiQ system has a number of practical benefits. In contrast to active detection systems incorporating low-level radiation emissions (e.g. x-ray scanners), QinetiQ's millimetre wave camera is a passive detection system, and therefore does not expose individuals to a radiation source.
Also, because the system works in real-time and provides an accurate moving image, vehicles or persons can be scanned without being stopped, thus greatly reducing transit time through security checkpoints. Current conventional security scanners, such as those installed at airports, can check a maximum of 16 or 17 people per minute, whilst the 'Millimetre Wave Camera' device will cope with up to 3 times this amount. The system has been successfully tested at Eurotunnel's Calais terminal, and security specialists have been extremely impressed with the results.
http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2003/2nd_quarter/qinetiq14.html
Wäre doch die Lösung um Suicidbomber zu entdecken! :wink:
QinetiQ has developed a world first in an advanced imaging system that can detect stowaways hidden inside vehicles and even weapons concealed under a person's clothing or in their baggage. The 'Millimetre Wave Camera' system, which provides a real-time moving image scanning capability, is set to revolutionise many aspects of transport and border security and could banish time-consuming queues at security scanners in airports and other public places.
The 'Millimetre Wave Camera' technology has its origins in a defence research programme developing systems to allow soldiers and pilots to see through fog and cloud and to conduct operations in poor weather conditions. "We've actually come up with dozens of potential applications, from guiding airliners to their boarding gate in zero visibility to spotting people carrying concealed weapons going into football grounds" said Jeremy Attree, Commercial Director of QinetiQ's Sensors and Electronics Division.
The device works by passively detecting naturally occurring radiation as it reflects off different objects. Metal objects completely reflect naturally occurring radiation, and hence knives or guns hidden under clothing or in baggage appear on the scanner's display as distinct illuminated shapes. The human body reflects 30% of the naturally occuring radiation around it, and this enables the scanner to detect a person's actual body shape beneath their clothes. Therefore, attempts to conceal almost any item under a person's clothing can be foiled by the QinetiQ device.
In addition to its astonishing technical capabilities, the QinetiQ system has a number of practical benefits. In contrast to active detection systems incorporating low-level radiation emissions (e.g. x-ray scanners), QinetiQ's millimetre wave camera is a passive detection system, and therefore does not expose individuals to a radiation source.
Also, because the system works in real-time and provides an accurate moving image, vehicles or persons can be scanned without being stopped, thus greatly reducing transit time through security checkpoints. Current conventional security scanners, such as those installed at airports, can check a maximum of 16 or 17 people per minute, whilst the 'Millimetre Wave Camera' device will cope with up to 3 times this amount. The system has been successfully tested at Eurotunnel's Calais terminal, and security specialists have been extremely impressed with the results.
http://www.qinetiq.com/home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2003/2nd_quarter/qinetiq14.html