Gadgets

The Basic Things You Need To Know About Full-Body Scanners

What exactly are full body scanners? What are these health concerns surrounding them? What do you need to know? Here are the basics.


October 14, 2010
Science

If You Turn Down Airport Nudie Scans, You Will Get Groped

The full body scans at airports – the ones that reveal your naughty bits in great detail – are fortunately optional, given prior abuse. But after Octopber 31, if you opt out, it looks like you’ll be more thoroughly “screened” than ever.


September 29, 2010
Gadgets

Some Airport Employees Use Body Scanners As Personal Nudie-Vision Goggles

We’ve heard of airport employees abusing body scanners to get naughty looks at their coworkers, but now we’re hearing that some security officials at a Nigerian airport might be using them like personal nudie-vision goggles.


August 17, 2010
Science

X-Ray Security Scans Go Interactive

Airport security staff can spend their entire day staring at two-dimensional, static X-ray scans. Soon, however, they may be able to interact with these images, rotating a scanned object on the screen and even analysing its chemical composition.


July 7, 2010
Geek Out

Beware Of Snow Globes

You’ve got to hand it to the TSA: when they identify a threat, they do NOT mess around. Know this before you even think about carrying a snow globe through the security checkpoint at LaGuardia.


May 8, 2010
Gadgets

Yes, Airport Screeners Do Make Fun Of Your Tiny Penis

This man, former TSA screener Rolando Negrin, apparently has a tiny penis. It was revealed to his TSA coworkers by the TSA’s fancy electronic no-hands strip searcher. They mocked him for nearly a year. Then he snapped.


February 18, 2010

TSA To Start Swabbing Travellers’ Hands Looking For Explosives

And you thought taking your shoes off was annoying! In the TSA’s never-ending quest to make travelling possibly safer and definitely more annoying, they’re going to start randomly swabbing passengers’ hands at airport checkpoints.


February 10, 2010
Geek Out

Bollywood Star Turns Airport Body Scans Into Glamour Shots

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan doesn’t give a damn about his naughty bits showing in airport security full body scans. In fact, he’s turned them into dedicated glamour photos. According to him, only people with small penises whine about it.


August 11, 2009

Belkin Flythru Now Gets You Through Aussie Airport Security

Gizmodo AU

We first saw the Belkin Flythru laptop bag back in November 2008, but it has finally made it through international security to get an Australian launch… finally!


June 23, 2009
Gadgets

Clear Fast Track Airport Security Is No More

Allowing people to quickly hop through airport security with a TSA-verified biometric “fast passes,” Clear had great idea on their hands. Sadly, as of yesterday, their freeflowing security lanes will be closed.