US Transportation Security Administration will begin installing new software on its millimeter wave AIT body scanning machines "in the coming months," eliminating "passenger-specific" images. The Automated Target Recognition software will produce a "generic outline of a person" while scanning for items that may pose a threat.
US Transportation Security Administration will begin installing new software on its millimeter wave AIT body scanning machines "in the coming months," eliminating "passenger-specific" images. The Automated Target Recognition software will produce a "generic outline of a person" while scanning for items that may pose a threat. The agency has faced steady criticism of the body-scanning machines, installation of which accelerated in early 2010 following the ...
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