CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CLAIMS SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF 3D AIRPORT BAGGAGE SCANNER OF THE FUTURE
June 1st, 2011
BY MATTHEW BRACE
Airport security operators may soon be using a new breed of scanning technology if innovation from Canadian technology company VOTI is approved by authorities.
At the Dubai Airport Show, VOTI told Jane's Airport Review that its scanners were already being piloted at some courthouses and prisons in Canada, with good results.
The company has been discussing airport trials with the USA's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and is confident that the first machines will be in airports within two years.
The scanner uses 3D-perspective x-ray ...
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