NEW SCANNER
March 1st, 2004
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Brisbane, Australia
AUSTRALIAN scientists have invented a "contraband scanner" which accurately and rapidly detects illicit drugs and explosives. Now being introduced by the Australian Customs Service, at Brisbane airport, it uses gamma rays and neutron analysis to build a real time image and composition of the scanned object, predicting its shape and density in real-time on the tarmac. *Simon Troeth + 00 61 2 6277 7260
AUSTRALIAN scientists have invented a "contraband scanner" which accurately and rapidly detects illicit drugs and explosives. Now being introduced by the Australian Customs Service, at Brisbane airport, it uses gamma rays and neutron analysis to build a real time image and composition of the scanned object, predicting its shape and density in real-time on the tarmac. *Simon Troeth + 00 61 2 6277 7260
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