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FOR KIDS: A smarter scan
Scientists introduce a cheap and smart new device that gathers data in a flash
Web edition: February 8, 2013
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Tiny patterns cut into this narrow copper strip filter microwaves. This new, simple technology should make it possible to make airport scanners smarter, faster and cheaper.
J. Hunt/Duke
A security scan has become as common to air travel as tickets, luggage and delays. Travelers line up, remove purses and belts, fill plastic bins with their belongings, and march slowly toward the full-body scanner. But that screening may one day speed up dramatically, thanks to the invention of a new system.
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