“Superman” camera sees through clothes
A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people’s clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry. The T5000 camera, created by a company called ThruVision, uses what it calls “passive imaging technology” to identify objects by the natural electromagnetic rays — known as Terahertz or T-rays — that they emit. The high-powered camera can detect hidden objects from up to 80 feet away and is effective even when people are moving. It does not reveal physical body details and the screening is harmless, the company says. The technology, which has military and civilian applications and could be used in crowded airports, shopping malls or sporting events, will be unveiled at a scientific development exhibition sponsored by Britain’s Home Office on March 12-13.
“Acts of terrorism have shaken the world in recent years and security precautions have been tightened globally,” said Clive Beattie, the chief executive of ThruVision. “The ability to see both metallic and non-metallic items on people out to 25 meters is certainly a key capability that will enhance any comprehensive security system.” The technology works on the basis that all people and objects emit low levels of electromagnetic radiation. Terahertz rays lie somewhere between infrared and microwaves on the electromagnetic spectrum and travel through clouds and walls. Depending on the material, the signature of the wave is different, so that explosives can be distinguished from a block of clay and cocaine is different from a bag of flour.
Source: Reuters
Comments(85)
“DAMN” Now i gotta buy some leadlined pants to hide the coke….
i wounder if british laws would allow police and companys to use this.
it would be good for airports, jails and ect.
Great Great
Oh Yeah!!! Another useless invention!!!
Very necessary invention against terrorists that hate our way of life
Pervs unite!
ok so when can i buy this and how much ? lol lol
this has been around for ages..
i saw one in uni that completely strips u naked…(u can even see skin color and tattoos)
i thought this stuff was already in operation.
Wow, I guess it goes without saying that “יסמין גיל” there is a Jew, who can’t seem to understand that nobody in the western world cares for Israel, and would actually be relieved if it where gone. Think back to the Israeli bombing of Lebanon in 2006 – The Brits and the French arrived to aid the Lebanese!
Don’t forget that the Israelis bombed a U.N. station post to cover their tracks – like cheating, faceless cowards!
Anyone can be a “Terrorist” if you put them in that context!
Except where the jews do it, they call “counter insurgency.”
There’s no hiding what it is, and calling it by a different name doesn’t excuse the jews for their crimes against Humanity!
David. This is neo-nazi-antisemitism. Same on you. Terrorists hate our way of life. Mine and yours.
Sure it’s a great invention but: Can I have some pictures to see the difference?
Just wandering…..
David. They even hate their own way of life and the way of life of this guy lying in pile of his vomit after dancing party at the club.
You guys try to buy this camera? Just buy a Japan copy. Lol …
And can we use this as private use…. =)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_radiation
Soon shipping from Hong Kong through ebay for 14,99€ + shipping
That aint exactly new stuff. These cameras have been in use in airports but have been banned due to civil outrage….
lol does that mean i can look at some women’s color of panty
Another device to invade our privacy.And where will they place these camera’s. Recently in Holland an undercover reporter discovered that in the month that he
and a friend who worked at Schiphol Airport could smuggle stuff in and out a plane for a whole month. He even was able to place fake bombs without being checked properly since they were employees. While in the meantime civilians do get checked to a point that it is ridiculous and even can’t take something like toothpaste on the plane.
My fear is that if this device isn’t used properly it will only cause harm to innocent civilians in stead of helping them.
And could this device also be used on ship containers at harbours. Because that is the place where the most drugs come from. The amount of drugs that people carry with them that are going through customs at an airport is so small and laughable that in my opinion isn’t worth the trouble.
In the name of acting out against terrorism they come up with all sorts of measures. But have they actually helped and caught a terrorist or prevented something. I don’t know.
Freedom is a very precious good. And if we will continue to invent devices like this we will lose our freedom step by step.
This thing is SCARY. Great now in 5 years or less (especially if you live in England) it’s feasible that you could be walking down the street and get arrested a month later for the dime bag of pot you had in your pocket. Hello Big Brother. The road to facism has gotten much shorter. Grats fear mongering politicians. “Terrorism” is achieving its goal of destroying freedom. And its not the terrorists who are doing it.
these ar in use at gatwick Airport right now – a local comppany in Salfords called Rapiscan (based at x-ray house!!) provided these. the have been used for the last 2 years with approval from above.
you can see the lot!!
@19 i believe they would not recognize what is it made of, they would maybe see a shape of a bag and something inside, but that could be some other green plant so dont worry ;] It is rather for seeing a gun, sharp objects, hidden devices… Its better than to be blown up by some brainwashed jerk ;]
Wow now they’ll be able to see my piercings in my private areas..lol…
just kidding about the piercings
@9, lets ignore all the rubbish you typed. I just wanted to note that you are named after the 2nd and most famous king of Israel who ruled it about 3000 years ago, long before your western country was populated by more than barbarian tribes.
Imagine the giggles when the girlies get a shot of my lovely 10″ wanger.
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HAHAHAHAH
educator – thats about as off topic as it gets! But while we are there…The British government has bought in hundreds of new laws over the last 10 years that have gradually erroded our civil liberties and our rights – most of time justified by the “war on terror”. This is just another example. Stupid thing is that the general public in the UK only ever see media controlled by 2 or multinationals, our views are molded by them to their own best gain. Yet we are too weak to vote them out or choose independance. Thats probably another reason why many countries hate us – for being dumb and not seeing the bigger picture. PS. I agree that Israel is out of order in may ways, there will never be peace in taht region until the UN makes both parties respect basic human rights!
Sorry – please dont ban my IP!!!
Did ANYONE read the whole article?
“It does not reveal physical body details and the screening is harmless, the company says.”
This means that NO, they wont be able to see your body naked.
Did anyone take time to actually read about T-Ray before commenting?? Did anyone even read the original post? Is there an ADD issue that causes people to read keywords in the title sentence and them give up? I don’t get it.
I work in the security industry and have seen this tech for a while now, though this has only just been developed for civillian use.
@2 – That’s the whole intent, and the way that UK courts allow street level cameras today, there is little doubt they would accept this too. It would be very useful at football stadiums where people are on the move and don’t need to be stopped to be checked.
@8 – Re: skin colours etc. No hope, it’s a different technology than X-Ray, if anything, you’d appear blue, green or orange (similar idea as with an Airport baggage scanner).
@11) When you finish ‘wandering’, you may find that standing still and wondering helps. LOL (Just a cheap poke, my typing is horrendous)
@17) No. Doesn’t work that way
@18) Shpping containers are a but of an issue due to the amount of ferrous metals used (not good for T-ray imaging), but similar scanners are used already, with the technology and accuracy improving all the time. That is a key intent of such technology.
@22)You need to find a KKK forum or go to Iraq for a few months with a stick in hand.
@25) Sorry, but you’ll have to stick to the shoe cam in the ladies changing rooms.
That was fun, NEEEEXT!?
I got my hopes up when I read the title!
These cameras are going to protect our way of life – binge drinking, unrestricted porn watching, freedom of complaining, vomiting in any place.
hmmmmm i can think of a couple of ways top use this anyone remember triple x
oh ye i was the one who emailed them and suggested them to get some forums
OMG soz about the post was on wrong board OMG !!!
this sounds very cool and very practical if used in the right way. too bad it only takes 1 jackass to ruin good inventions for everyone else
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_01/TeraHertzScanLL_468×399.jpg
http://fun.plaisthos.de/bilder/sonstige/xray.jpg
@ clownboy:
i wasnt just making that up for fits of giggles, not only have i seen this setup for myself but i was also called “my little ding-a-ling” for weeks afterwards…
(it was cold)
Hello again Boys and Girl its ur old pal Educator again come to bring you the second word of the day, “K/i/k/e”.
A jew, in a racist, discriminatory sense. According to Wikipedia, the term “k/i.ke” was at first a discriminatory word used by Jews who lived in Western Europe (France, UK or Germany) to refer to those who lived in Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania or Russia), whose family names often ended with “ki”. The term was later used by Christians and non-Jews against the whole Jewish population, so the term became a general ethnic slur against Jews in general.
1.- Mr. Manilowski did it, huh? Must be Polish, that d.amn k/i.ke…
2.- You’re going to Auschwitz, you f.u/cking k/i.ke!
According to My old friend Mr. Oschlin, k/.i.ke means
“C/ockroach” in Arabic meaning they are everywhere you cant get rid of them you hate their breed and want to eliminate it out of its existence. therefore jews are referred to as “k/i.kes”
da/mn k/i.kes they are everywhere!
man i want that i want to see through the cloths of my sisters hot friends that she has.
@ 43
“These cameras are going to protect our way of life”
I dont know what your way of life is, sounds pretty insiduous though and I want no part of it
(LOL -and stop spamming with different names)
too late. you are under the sphere too LOL
@56 BS with extensive use of profanity
@ 55
I totally agree with you
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44481000/jpg/_44481109_1ed17b98-b649-4d02-a932-dd3160549e31.jpg
Illegal searches, anyone? These cameras are something that could, and would be abused, but it would work in the prison system to protect inmates and staff.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/03/british-securit.html
If anyone wants a sample pic have a look at this bbc page:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7287135.stm
funny that there is always some people who think that it will be a bad idea, i dont see how if the police and other types of security forces have this it wont be anything other than good for all, i will certainly be glad to know that i can walk around in the knowledge that i wont get shot and stabbed.
For the armed forces no more i.e.d’s or problems with checkpoints, so more will come home and be with their families thus bringing a bit more peace.
This is nothing new….American Air Fighter [Not Named] can see-thru 30,000 Feet from the air and it is 90% accurate in X-Ray…I bet you guys don’t know what MILITARY is creating with your tax money this days…We don’t have to believe this because we are born to ignore till the day will come when we can’t even ignore anything…
Here is the real actual photos of this new tech…
http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/25000/X-ray-Glasses–25118.jpg
@19
Why do all the uneducated people always jump on the ‘Big Brother’ bandwagon??
Although a lot of BB related issues are potentualy freedom restricting the majority are benificial to our safty and freedom in which we live and have been used for longer than you realise.
START living in the REAL world instead of thinking of ‘1984′ by George Orwell which was a work of FICTION about subjective freedom crushing image of a BB state running out of control having forgot its humanity.
eg:
FICTION = Not Real/Fantasy/Made up/Not FACT!
@10 Not only terrorist hate your way of life, THE WHOLE WORLD hates your ways. Always whining about how the jews were put in concentration camps and how they were abused by the nazi’s, while you do the EXACT same thing to the Palestines while it was you that stole their country, not the other way around.
And don’t give me the “that land belongs to the jews as said in the bible”. The bible is bloody fiction. I’ll write a book tomorrow claiming that the land where Israel is placed belongs to all black people, and then allow all africans to slaughter you and put you in camps. Maybe you can already try to find a jew who lived during WW2 and is still alive, he’ll explain you how to put up with it …
Hello once more Boys and Girls ur Old Pal Educator is back once more to give you the last word for the day so listen up and learn. Lets us now define the word “S.p/i.c”
A S/p.ic is A highly offensive racial slur referring to any Latino/Hispanic person. Latinos feel very strongly about this slur, it is basically the equivalent of calling a Black person a N/igg.er. If you call a Latino this word expect a fight!
BillyBob: Hey S/p.ic!
Latino: Que Maricon!
BillyBob: Speak english, you s/pi.c!
Latino then knocks BillyBob out for being racist.
BillyBob arises from his state of consciousness, gets his gat, and busts a cap in the latinos ass and says “Take that you b.itch ass sp.i/c!”
Euro Trash pieces of sh!t.
I hope Putin takes a big ass sh!t in your backyard and makes you all second class Russians. You would fvck!ng deserve it.
Dumb euro trash. America has no problem with Israel. We like killing arabs. Its fun. Too bad you euro trash fvcking p!ssant b!tch3s haven’t done anything to piss us off lately or we might be into killing us some dumb ass euro trash too. You guys always have been too big on yourself, a bit conceited and overextended. We would be doing the world a favor if we just fvcking destroyed all of europe and gave it all to Putin and mother Russia.
You guys are the lowest pieces of sh!t this world has to offer. I hope every day of your miserable second class lives you are reminded of that, you stupid euro trash fvcking @ssholes.
@ 76 yoghurt
LOL …Excellent post soldier! You are a shining example of how the world sees the typical americun t and you should be very proud of that fact.
@76 – yougot shut up, what has that to do with the camera?!
and for the camera, it’s just bull, it’s just so they can spy more on us, taking terrorists? Haha, they’ve used that joke for waaaaay to long, USA makes them.
@74
At least Judaism is about excluding other religious groups and discouraging individuals from attempting to join the fold. While Islam and Christianity make a point of trying to impose their religious and cultural beliefs on others. Let’s see, who do I want as my neighbor… The fundamentalist loony who thinks I’m going to Hell and would probably help me get there given the opportunity, or the non-proselytizing, well educated, properly socialized to keep their religious opinions to themselves, European-American acculturated Israeli?
I’m guessing no one likes to be railed at about religion or pestered into salvation. I’ll keep my Jewish neighbors, thank you. At least I know they aren’t going to blow up my family shrine or call me a filthy pagan.
All I know is that I am down for anything that might keep my plane from exploding, flying into buildings, or from driving down the road and being blown up from IED’s.
The whole cocaine thing is going a little to far, let the people have fun, worry more about things exploding.
At least, not to my face.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray
here is a similar image to the one that Rapiscan provide to gatwick – seen it with my own eyes
@69
It is this form of complacency that will lead to the complete loss of our freedoms.
Bit by bit our liberties are chipped away, only small things, little infringements we can afford to let past as “It’s for our own benefit”. These build up.
There will come a point when even you will realise things have gone too far but by that point we will be powerless to do anything about it.
@yougot. Probably X-Ray camera found something in your A$$
This isn’t some breakthrough.
Backscatter has been around for a few years…
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=backscatter
LOL @ #40
this thing isnt really a wow. its like an xray on steroids.
I like this one better: http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/145/the_ray_gun
Oh my!
Dosent matter to me.
I can t hide my enourmous anaconda inside my pants anyway.
Hello I’m back just to let you know I’m a knob gobbling spunk stain.
what a painfully slow day…wish it would end soon…
sweet, now i can see girls naked if i wanted to?
Terrorists? Lol! When will the lying end?
Another perverted post by Martin, congrats…
Thanks edumacator, your erutition is exceeded only by your condition. Could you pls explain the following for us simple folk:
peckerwood
cracker
white trash
hillbilly
redneck
trailer trash
bumbkin
hay seed
goober
gomer
clay eater
linthead
buckra
M@rtin. Did you get the results back from your doctor yet? Did they find any sign of a spine in there and how about your nards? Will you ever be able to grow a pair?
http://www.rlslog.net/faq/#Q13
Hey these are your rules, not mine. If you’re not part of the solution you’re part of the problem. Your failure to act is tacit approval.
The RLS team, much like a dead fish, seems to be rotting from the head down.
If you look at the original story from the BBC website and the company’s own website you will see that this is different to similar products that already exist at some airports. Existing cams of this type use low level x-rays and there have been health concerns with their use. This camera system does not and is therefore completely safe (even if the health effects of low level x-rays haven’t been looked at yet). The company also say this isn’t as intrusive, cameras that use x-rays can see all your naughty bits, this claims not to. Shame really, if I was to fly through an airport with that i know has an x-ray version i’d take a couple of viagra before hand
Porn will never be the same…
At least this will keep people in front of surveillance monitors awake…
OMFG i will buy one!!!
and still there’s no camera that can see boobs through clothing…
Ahh, just wait, with this piece of technology being able to stop dozens of terrorist attacks the Americans will find some way to say they invented it.
“Superman” camera..????
Is that a nice, citizen friendly way of saying evil, privacy invading, spy camera?
@5 yasmin: Your ” way of life”!!! I am pretty sure you don’t have a life… lol all people in Israel are Ars :term for a person of bad manners, flashy jewelry, and overall rudeness. They will usually be Mizrahi Jews. And I think not just the Mizrahi but all the people there.
Can we all collective say “This is old news!”
There were video cameras with night vision that came out about 4-5 years ago that could this also. They were quickly pulled off the market when people realized what it could do.
Man no posts for nearly 24hrs, its looking like all these people who are quitting is having a real affect on this site & it a damn shame too
Not to sound all religious or whatever, but this truly is another sign of the end of times.
haha, big brother is here :/
NUKED: bad AR
wait for aXXo release..
Suuuure, fighting terrorism, eh? Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink. So that’s what they call it these days?
I’m sure they’ll “Fight” a lot of “terrorism” with that.