explosives

Thursday, February 18, 2010
Weapons

TSA To Start Swabbing Travellers’ Hands Looking For Explosives

4:08AM Adam Frucci | 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. More »
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Science

Sensor Network Could Sniff Out Terrorists, Literally

2:00PM Adam Frucci | OK, so you might feel weird about those naked-o-vision scanners they’re installing at the airport. Here’s a nice alternative: chemical noses that can sniff out explosives and precisely track them through crowded areas. More »
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Weapons

The Underwear That Nearly Took Down A Plane

12:25PM Joel Johnson | Want to see the world’s most notorious underwear? ABC News has pictures of the tighty-whiteys that nearly took down a Northwest Airlines flight, complete with Pentaerythritol tetranitrate codpiece. They are – perhaps predictably – rather soiled. [ABC News]
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Random Stuff

What Is This?

8:00AM Jesus Diaz | Is it a communist naval mine? A communist robot? A communist giant ashtray? A communist trashcan? What? In the name of Mao Zedong I ask you: What are you, you weird ironclad device you? More »
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Entertainment

Mythbusters Tests: Will Explosives Properly Tenderise a Steak?

8:20AM Jason Chen | Mythbusters returns for a whole new season tomorrow, August 6, and they were nice enough to drop a preview of their first episode off while they were on their way to blowing shit up. One of the experiments they’re going to test is whether explosives can tenderise a steak as well as a traditional tenderisers. Can it? We’re not sure—you’ll have to watch Discovery at 9PM tomorrow to find out. [Mythbusters] More »
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