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Airbus to deploy 'game-changing' bomb-sniffing sensors at airports
Airbus plans to test an “electronic nose” device that uses biological cells to mimic what bomb-sniffing dogs can do, reports the Financial Times. The company will deploy jellyfish-shaped sensors, developed by Silicon Valley startup Koniku, in several airport screening tunnels later in 2020. The technology uses silicon processors bolstered by living cells. ”We have developed a technology that is able to detect smell — it’s breathing the air, and it’s essentially telling you what’s in the air,”… (www.engadget.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This may have been a good one for Airbus to keep under their hats. (as in not readily available public info) Develop it, deploy it, quietly. The word here that is missing is OPSEC (OPerational SECurity) Personally I am fascinated by new technology like this. But then, so are the people who make the devices this thing is supposed to sniff out. Yes, some of this technology has been available for quite a while. Part of any new security technology, is how it is deployed, and THAT we don't need to know quite so easily. When you know how something works, you can figure out how to make it un-work.
Did you notice how this came out right after the Anchorage cargo issue a few days ago??
Smart idea!
Yep, telling everyone about it will stop terrorists . Wow
Yes. Maybe OPSEC should have been deployed quietly.
And TSA spent $77 million on dogs that can't detect explosives.