We’ve all seen articles about the somewhat disturbing full-body scans taking place at airports all over the world… but we admit, that’s pretty much old news now and we’ve all more-or-less gotten over it. What happens when things become stale? It’s taken up a notch of course.
Now introducing X-Ray vision for pretty much anyone. Okay, any government agency that is. American Science & Engineering, a Massachusetts based technology company, has sold more than 500 units of their “Backscatter X-Ray Scanners” to both US & Foreign government agencies. What does it do you ask… when mounted to a specially equipped van, this scanner can view the entire contents of nearby vehicles. Since I have nothing to hide… I think this is pretty bad-ass and would love to see it used at all of our borders. If I were a Coyote smuggling immigrants across the border… I’d probably take the next 3-4 years and go back to school. Maybe become a magician?
Filmed and narrated like a bad 70’s instructional video… the video below talks about the cool applications and abilities of the ZBV (Z Backscatter Vans). Worth a look on this sleepy Monday.
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Thanks to Forbes.com for the heads up on this crazy new tech.
