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Weapons detection scanners likely coming to Henrico schools

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Henrico County Public Schools' months-long process of testing metal detectors and weapons detection scanner technology will soon come to a close. No weapons have been recovered ...
Homeland Security Today

Smiths Detection Launches New Dual-View Scanner

Smiths Detection has launched a new dual-view X-ray scanner, the HI-SCAN 7555 DV. The new model is designed to eliminate the need to re-position or rescan objects. Display functions provide ...
Homeland Security Today

Smiths Detection launches HI-SCAN 6040C, New Generation of X-ray Scanners for Public Buildings

Smiths Detection has launched HI-SCAN 6040C, a compact checkpoint scanner designed specifically to screen hand-carried items in the entrance areas of public buildings. HI-SCAN 6040C meets all ...
Hoodline

Snellville Scanner Spots Gun In Backpack As Student Bolts From Campus

A detector at South Gwinnett High flagged a gun; the student fled and school leaders credited the new scanner.
Business Wire

Smiths Detection Now Has Two Scanners with ECAC Standard 3.1 Approval

NEWARK, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection has achieved ECAC Standard 3.1 approval for its CTX 9800 DSi™ 0.5 m/s hold baggage explosives detection system. This is the second Smiths Detection ...
Business Wire

Smiths Detection HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX Scanner Granted EDS CB C2 Approval

WIESBADEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection releases its first checkpoint scanner with innovative Computed Tomography (CT) technology, following approval by ECAC for EDS CB C2 – testing for ...
Times Union

Schenectady eyes new detection scanners after weapons discoveries

SCHENECTADY — The head of safety for the school district is urging school leaders to consider placing weapon detection systems — different from traditional metal detectors — at school buildings and ...
Miami Herald

MIA gets new 3-D explosives detection scanner that will speed up your security wait

Miami International Airport unveiled its new 3-D explosives detection scanner Tuesday. It’s designed to make flying safer — and to speed up security lines. In one security checkpoint in MIA’s ...
Security

New Scanner Can Detect Explosives in Shoes

Nov. 15--In the post-9/11 world of airport security patdowns, X-ray checkpoints and metal detectors, a subsidiary of one local company is working to streamline that process. Quantum Magnetics, a ...
Automation World

New Compact R2000 Detection Laser Scanner Leverages True Time-of-Flight Technology and Delivers Precise 360-degree Scanning, with Intuitive User-configurable Detection Fields

Pepperl+Fuchs introduces the R2000 Detection Laser Scanner. Smaller than most coffee mugs, these 2D laser scanners feature a 360-degree gapless measurement angle with angular resolution within 0.071 ...
EDN

Neural-net scanner promises early detection of SARS

Portland, Ore. – Researcher Harold Szu, working at the Naval Research Laboratory (Arlington, Va.), has turned advanced target recognition technology into what he hopes will be a method for containing ...