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A prototype being developed would use new technology to sniff out possible explosives before they made their way onto the subway.
The prototype would mark you with a small amount of visible fluorescent ink as you enter the turnstile. The ink shows up under black light unless explosives are present. It’s pretty unclear how they plan on checking whether or not the paint is present under black light, although they could hire bouncers to check as you enter the subway. But when they finally do find out that the invisible fluorescent ink is, well…invisible, the next step of the plan kicks into gear.
“We could then fire a picture of that person to a security officer’s Palm Pilot and potentially lock the person out,” said Mark Elliott, a vice president of Smiths Detection, a company whose bomb-sniffing scanners are already in use by the MTA and NYPD.
We’re sure New Yorkers can’t wait to be involuntarily sprayed with invisible florescent ink. Looking like a doofus in the club is a small price to pay for a sense of security.
HIGH-TECH TURNSTILE WOULD SPOT BOMBS [NYP]
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1. copyranter
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