Full-Body Scanners Coming Soon to Chinese Airports
By Yannick Faillard
Major airports in China are about to implement the latest technology in full-body scanning at security checks, China Daily reports.
The
technology itself, a form of electromagnetic radiation known as
'millimeter wave imaging,' has been utilized and proven successful at
airports in the US, UK, Netherlands, Australia and Japan. According to
the Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC), the new devices are expected
to speed up airport security checks.
The machines can detect
objects hidden underneath clothing — including nonmetallic items — and
determine their size, shape and position. But the CAAC notes that the
devices won't pose a health hazard to people being scanned, since the
emissions are as low as one thousandth of the radiation of a mobile
phone.
Historically, full-body scanners have stirred controversy
in countries where they were deployed, as some see it as an invasion of
privacy.
So far, the appliances have been tested in Beijing,
Shanghai, Qingdao, Nanjing, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. No word yet
on when the scanners will officially go into operation.
[Top image via China Daily]
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