Heathrow's tech trial puts an end to you taking liquids out your bag
6 years, 7 months ago

Heathrow's tech trial puts an end to you taking liquids out your bag

Wired  

iStock / anilyanik In airports, efficiency matters. Heathrow airport is the latest airport – after Amsterdam's Schiphol and New York's John F. Kennedy – to trial technology that can fully image everything that's inside a piece of hand luggage. Airport scanners that provide 3D images and let security staff see completely inside baggage use a process called computed tomography. Essentially, it's the same process as is involved in medical CT scans that allow doctors to see inside patients without cutting them open. "Traditional x-ray scanners provide 2D images," says Hans Joachim Schoepe, who works in CT scanning at Smiths Detection.

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London City Airport scraps 100ml liquid rule after introducing CT scanners
1 year, 11 months ago

London City Airport scraps 100ml liquid rule after introducing CT scanners

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy London City Airport has scrapped the 100ml liquid rule for hand luggage after introducing high-tech CT …

This tech will eliminate need to take out electronics from bags in airport scan
2 years, 3 months ago

This tech will eliminate need to take out electronics from bags in airport scan

Hindustan Times  

Aviation security watchdog Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has suggested installing Computer Tomography scanners at airports, thus eliminating the need for taking out electronic devices from hand baggage before going through the scanner and further easing the process, a report from PTI states. Representative Image Presently, the scanners used at airports provide a two-dimensional view of the objects inside a …

New scanners at Heathrow mean passengers may soon not have to bag up liquids
5 years, 9 months ago

New scanners at Heathrow mean passengers may soon not have to bag up liquids

Daily Mail  

Passengers at Heathrow could keep liquids and laptops inside their hand luggage when passing through security once new scanners have been installed. Scroll down for video Passengers at Heathrow could keep liquids and laptops inside their hand luggage when passing through security once new scanners have been installed. Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye shows the new scanners to Aviation Minister …

US may soon allow laptops, liquids in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints
6 years, 7 months ago

US may soon allow laptops, liquids in carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints

India TV News  

The United States may soon allow passengers to keep liquids and laptops in their carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints, if screening technology being tested at select airports is widely adopted. The Transportation Security Administration on Monday announced the plan to test computed tomography scanners for carry-on bags, with up to 40 units expected to be in place at US …

TSA is taking a closer look at LAX passengers’ electronic devices
7 years, 10 months ago

TSA is taking a closer look at LAX passengers’ electronic devices

LA Times  

Passengers go through security at Terminal 4 at Los Angeles International Airport. The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly testing a new screening procedure that more closely examines electronic devices in carry-on bags at LAX and nine other airports. Under the test screening process, passengers passing through TSA security checkpoints are asked to take out electronic devices larger than a …

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