Airports will install new ‘hand biometric scanners’ for passengers
September 10, 2009 by supermario
Filed under Police State, Sci-Tech
dnaindia.com
As recent events involving an Indianactor have suggested, security checks at US airports post-9/11 can be “nightmarish” for passengers whose names have somehow got mixed up with those on Uncle Sam’s bulging terrorist watch list. But US security officials may soon be armed with electronic machines that identify the intent of a passenger by studying his or her physiological and psychological responses assessed by computers and scanners.
The scanners, built by Israel’s Suspect Detection Systems (SDS), may reduce unpleasant experiences at US airports as security officials will not have to resort to questioning.In this system, passengers place their passports on a scanner and a hand on a sensor. They answer questions on a computer screen while artificial intelligence software monitors physiological responses through the sensor. Agents pull aside those who fail the test.
“The technology detects the hidden hostile intent of assailants with a remarkable degree of accuracy before they commit their intended acts,” SDS co-founder Shabtai Shoval, who used to work for Israeli military intelligence, said in a statement.
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