Underwear Invention Protects Privacy At Airport 325
Thanks to Jeff Buske you don't have to be embarrassed while going through the full body scanners at the airport. Buske has invented radiation shielding underwear for the shy traveler. From the article: "Jeff Buske says his invention uses a powdered metal that protects people's privacy when undergoing medical or security screenings. Buske of Las Vegas, Nev.-Rocky Flats Gear says the underwear's inserts are thin and conform to the body's contours, making it difficult to hide anything beneath them. The mix of tungsten and other metals do not set off metal detectors."
you're still being exposed to x-rays (Score:1, Informative)
http://j.mp/cancer-ray
Not good for breast cancer survivors, adolescents, or young children.
It's unclear ... (Score:5, Informative)
From the article: It's unclear whether it would lead to an automatic, more intrusive pat down by federal Transportation Security Administration officials.
No, if the image is unclear, the TSA's reaction is not. If you are not sure, check out what Dave Barry went through when the image of his groin was "blurry" http://www.npr.org/2010/11/15/131338172/humorist-dave-barry-and-the-tsa [npr.org]
Re:Christmas goose (Score:5, Informative)
They don't do cavity searches, that's part of the bizarre theatre of it all. Part of the point of this article was that most people hide illicit things in areas which would require a cavity search and they just feel you up. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/10/for-the-first-time-the-tsa-meets-resistance/65390/ [theatlantic.com]
Re:Suspecious (Score:5, Informative)
Let's get the terminology right here. It's called "gate rape".
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gate%20Rape&defid=5365083 [urbandictionary.com]
Re:Suspecious (Score:4, Informative)
http://gizmodo.com/5697222/adam-savage-mythbusting-airport-security-wtf-tsa [gizmodo.com]
You would THINK that...
Re:Might save your gonads from radiation too (Score:5, Informative)
If X-ray backscatter machines could sterilize you, you'd be sterile ten times over already from background radiation.
No, because the magnitude of background radiation is much much lower, disorganized, diffused by the Earth's atmosphere and electromagnetic field, non-directional, and not pointed in an organized fashion directly at your body, and doesn't reach nearly the energy levels of the backscatter machine. Especially when operators make mistakes with the machine that cause people to get even more exposure than they are supposed to, or to be exposed longer than the 2 seconds they are supposed to, that all the numbers validating its safety are based on -- when they make someone stand in the scanner for a few minutes with it running, the person is getting massive amounts of harmful radiation exposure, way beyond what is safe or indicated.
Re:Might save your gonads from radiation too (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Well... (Score:4, Informative)
Hoax.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/scanner.asp [snopes.com]