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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced they will install new software in their body scanners that will somewhat protect travelers’ dignity.
A software upgrade that the TSA has been testing in airports in Las Vegas, Atlanta and Washington since February would instead create a generic human form (as shown above) and indicate if the scanner detects a hidden object under the clothing. The technology would also show the TSA agents on what part of the body the object has been found.
As with the current system, if the scanner detects a hidden object, TSA agents will peform additional screening. If nothing is found, the scanner clears the passenger to move on.
“This software upgrade enables us to continue providing a high level of security through advanced imaging technology screening, while improving the passenger experience at checkpoints,” TSA Administrator John Pistole said.
It will take months to complete the tests. Link -via The Daily What Geek
Have you ever seen an airplane propeller that looked like this? It’s called the rolling shutter effect {wiki}. A cell phone camera records what it sees by scanning from one side of the frame to the other (or top to bottom), and strange things happen when the scene you are shooting moves faster than the image scanner. Another video illustrates how the slow scanning process of a cell phone camera creates this effect. -via reddit
The system, developed by lab members Takashi Nakashima and Yoshihiro Watanabe, lets you scan a book by rapidly flipping its pages in front of a high-speed camera. They call this method book flipping scanning. They told me they can digitize a 200-page book in one minute, and hope to make that even faster.
The camera operates at 500 frames per second, with a resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels. For each frame, the system alternates between two capture modes. First it shines regular light on the page and captures text and images. Then a laser device projects lines on the page and the camera captures that as well.
I can’t imagine how long it would take my scanner to digitalize a book. Isn’t technology amazing?
Link - Via Book Of Joe
Memoirs of a Scanner by Mindfruit Films was shot with just an office image scanner. It’s only a minute long and composed entirely of still shots, but it has a coherent plot. Directed by Damon Stea.
via Gizmodo | Studio Website
If you’ve got a loved one whose motto is "just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you," then this is the perfect
gift: a scanner for wireless spy camera!
This portable detector features a 2.3-inch TFT color display and it is capable of finding spying devices within the frequency of 900MHz to 2700MHz.
Whodathunk there’s such a thing? Link
