jad@harpo.UUCP (jad) (07/05/85)
We need better methods of searching passengers and baggage prior to board- ing planes. Here are some ideas: It might be possible to develop a device that emits ultrasonic waves to detect and define the shapes of even the smallest objects surrounding the body. Or if it can't define shapes, maybe it could detect hardness or den- sity different from that of flesh. A device having the same function, but of a different principal of operation comes to mind. Maybe passengers can be searched by a device that emits air and analyzes the reflected air to monitor the person. Or maybe the person can step into a pressurized booth where everything outside of their skin can be distinguished. Suppose passengers were required to surrender ALL articles but their cloth- ing. Then the baggage and personal effects of each passenger were passed separately through an explosion-proof cell and irradiated by an explosive- detonating energy field. Maybe the people in charge don't have all the ideas under the sun. If anyone has ideas, let us hear them.