Ready for the new scanners?

The Charleston International Airport "passenger" stepped into the big, gray chamber, turned to the right and held a hands-up, feet-apart pose while scanners swirled in the glass.

ATEN Launches Secure Desktop KVM Switches for Government and Military Installations

NIAP-Certified ATEN Secure KVMs Feature Common Criteria’s EAL2+ CertificationFoothill Ranch, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2012 ATEN announced today the launch of new security-reinforced desktop KVM switches designed specifically for government and military environments where security is paramount. The new CS1182 and CS1184, two- and four-port DVI-based KVM switches housed in a rugged metal enclosure ...

Blunt nanostructures could make high-efficiency solar cells easier to fabricate

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most promising methods for increasing the efficiency of solar cells consists of coating the cells’ surfaces with a thin layer of metal nanoparticles. The nanoparticles scatter incoming light in different directions, which allows the solar cells to absorb more light than they otherwise would. The scattering occurs when the incoming light stimulates the nanoparticles ...

Using Lasers to Find Land Mines and IEDs

WALK SOFTLY: A mine-clearer's work still depends on metal detectors and sniffer dogs, with all the dangers that this entails. Technology may provide a better way to do the job.

TSA introduces privacy-enhanced body scanner technology at Newport News airport

Feb. 07--NEWPORT NEWS -- Controversial airport body scanning technology has made its way to Hampton Roads. But the TSA is anticipating less public backlash now that images some passengers complained were too intrusive have been replaced by generic representations.