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Intelligence Driven security foiled plot! NAPA, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- FlyersRights.org asks why the TSA continues to mislead the public about the efficacy of body scanners in detecting devices like the one reported to have been used in the most recent plot foiled just two weeks ago in Yemen. The bomb, a refined version of the so-called underwear bomb used by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in his Christmas Day 2009 attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253,...

MTS Software Solutions announced that through its National Team, more than 15,000 check scanners were sold to the financial marketplace in 2011. Moorestown, NJ (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 MTS Software Solutions announced that through its National Team, more than 15,000 check scanners were sold to the financial marketplace in 2011. The check scanner hardware sold, serviced and supported by MTS is built to meet the scanning and printing needs of banks and credit unions. Offering multiple...

Reports of Amazon Kindle units damaged by airport scanners have begun to spread across the Internet, leading some to believe that the radiation given off during these security checks could permanently damage the electronic ink displays of the devices. According to Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent for the Telegraph, people are being warned that X-ray scanners could throw a wrench in the reading plans of anyone planning to travel for the upcoming holidays. Likewise, Daily Mail...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Tuesday that new tests of full-body scanners deployed at airports found that the radiation they emit was within acceptable levels. The machines have been deployed at dozens of airports to thwart attacks on the U.S. aviation system, which has continued to be a prime target of al Qaeda militants. "The latest reports confirm previous testing and show that every backscatter unit currently used for passenger screening in U.S. airports...

Autoloader to enable minimal operator intervention and faster throughput for fiche scanning applications Meridian, ID (PRWEB) March 22, 2011 nextScan, the provider of the next generation in film and fiche scanning technology, today announced the availability of a new fiche autoloader for use with the FlexScan 2 in 1 film and fiche scanner. The autoloader is now an optional upgrade for existing FlexScan fiche users, or can be purchased bundled with new FlexScan scanners. The optional...

CeBIT, HANOVER, Germany, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodak today announced the launch of its latest generation production scanners - the new i5000 series - which deliver class-leading intelligent imaging, reduced total cost of ownership and future expandability. The Kodak i5000 Series Scanners consists of two models - the i5200 rated at 140 pages per minute (ppm), and the faster i5600 able to process 170 ppm with no degradation of performance even with imaging features all...

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday unveiled its new pilot program aimed at calming the uproar over full-body scanners used to screen travelers at airports around the country. The new software will no longer produce an image of the actual person said the TSA. The new scanners will be released in three US airports that will show screeners an alert on a generic male or female figure only if something suspicious is detected and will highlight the spot of concern. The...

Seoul, Nov 23, 2010 - (ACN Newswire) - Suprema, Inc., a global leader in biometrics and ID solutions, announced today that the company's RealScan-F palm-print live scanner has been selected for the AFIS systems of the Polish National Police and Lithuania's Citizenship & Migration Affairs.Until the end of 2010, the Polish National Police (Komenda Glowna Policji) will be provided with Suprema RealScan-F palm-print live scanners for its nationwide criminal AFIS operation. This criminal AFIS...

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pro-consumer grassroots effort We Won't Fly is organizing mass x-ray scanner opt outs at airports around the nation for National Opt Out of the Airport Scanners Day, November 24, in order to highlight the health and privacy dangers of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) backscatter x-ray airport scanners. "Not only are these porno scanners a gross violation of individual privacy," said boycott co-founder George Donnelly,...

The US government's efforts to strengthen airport security came under fire by scientists Friday, warning that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners that are used in airports to screen airline passengers and crews could be hazardous to their health. "They say the risk is minimal, but statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays," Dr Michael Love, of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told AFP. "No exposure to X-ray is considered beneficial. We know...