Gizmodo
Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything
about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular
scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away. From traces of drugs or
gun powder on your clothes to what you had for breakfast to the
adrenaline level in your body—agents will be able to get any information
they want without even touching you.
And without you knowing it.
The technology is so incredibly effective that, in November 2011, its inventors were subcontracted by In-Q-Tel to work with the US Department of Homeland Security. In-Q-Tel is a company founded "in February 1999 by a group of private citizens
at the request of the Director of the CIA and with the support of the
U.S. Congress." According to In-Q-Tel, they are the bridge between the
Agency and new technology companies.
Their plan is to install this molecular-level scanning in airports
and border crossings all across the United States. The official, stated
goal of this arrangement is to be able to quickly identify explosives,
dangerous chemicals, or bioweapons at a distance.
The machine is ten million times faster—and one million times more
sensitive—than any currently available system. That means that it can be
used systematically on everyone passing through airport security, not
just suspect or randomly sampled people.-[Full Article]
