Terahertz Scanners See Inside Sealed Packages

[Fonz]

Although it only mentions meth and E in the article, I can see it being applied to many more substances.

Do you haver any idea just how expensive a terrahertz scanner would be?

Way too expensive to apply to normal mail.

The most likely even is that Govt. facilites and other critical facilities adopt the scanner. But it won't go farther than that.
At least not in the short or medium term.

Fonz

 

[GawdsGift]

^^^^^ a sorce you can trust with opinions.

i agree and i had a question, if the packages had a lead wrapping. like if you wrapped amps or bottles in lead and then put them in the box to ship wouldnt that kill the exray machines??? just somethign to think about. i mean if a little lead can prtoect my nuts when gettting a exray why cant it hook up my package?

 

[GawdsGift]

whao my karma button is jacked up, i tried to give fonz karma and listed every one who ever gave him karma WEIRD

 

[Fonz]

^^^^^ a sorce you can trust with opinions.

i agree and i had a question, if the packages had a lead wrapping. like if you wrapped amps or bottles in lead and then put them in the box to ship wouldnt that kill the exray machines??? just somethign to think about. i mean if a little lead can prtoect my nuts when gettting a exray why cant it hook up my package?

LOL.....

The lead idea could work.

A terrahertz scanner uses waves with extremely high frequencies. High frequencies = very, very short wavelengths.

1 terrahertz = 1.0 * 10 exp(12) (s-1)

Wavelength(Lambda) = 1.0 * 10exp(-12) metres

The frequency and wavelength are within the infrared region of the EM spectrum.

Lead is able to stop Alpha and Beta rays which have higher frequencies(1.0 *10exp(14) +), and therefore shorter wavelengths.

Problem with this, is that in the imaging scanner....all you would see is an opaque image. That would give you away. Also lead weighs a lot(Its very dense).

Fonz

 

[Fonz]

Oh, the topic was about microwave detection. However, such techniques are already used by x-ray machines. The advantage of microwaves is that they can be easily tuned to various wavelengths, while x-ray machines cannot, unless one uses a free electron laser, which are quite big, expensive and complex.

Free electron laser?

Damn...I haven't heard of that particular laser since the days of the "Star Wars" program.

Fonz

 

[XBiker]

You are thinking of the "Death Ray" Fonz. It was part of the "Death Star" in the Star Wars series.

 

[GawdsGift]

it was my understanding that we are portected with ups in a cutomer privacy clause, if they cant nmake out the image in the exray scan due to the lead they would have to send it becasue we are guaranteed privacy.

or would that be cause for failure?

 

[ripper2]

i like how it stated:
“The ability to check the contents of a suspect envelope without violating the correspondence rights has been long sought after,” said Kawase.

isnt' checking the contents of an envelope violating the corespondence rights regardless of how its done?

 

[rvd_brock]

You are thinking of the "Death Ray" Fonz. It was part of the "Death Star" in the Star Wars series.

I think Fonz was referring to Reagan's Star Wars program back in the 80's.

 

[Fonz]

I think Fonz was referring to Reagan's Star Wars program back in the 80's.

Yep.

Fonz