2011年4月21日星期四

China's new body scanner debuts, promises privacy

China's newly-developed entire body scanner with impartial Intellectual House Rights (IPR) manufactured its debut Thursday, promising to speedily detect nonmetal, harmful objects while far better safeguarding privacy.

The safety check gear, which was created by a group of authorities mainly from Beijing's Tsinghua University, is being exhibited through the Fourth China International Protection Inspection & Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Technology Seminar running from Wednesday to Thursday in Shenzhen, a city in south China's Guangdong Province.

The products was developed to speedily detect nonmetal, destructive objects prohibited by law, and only the United States can manufacture similar products, according to the manufacturer, Tianjin Chongfang Science and Technology Company.

Jia Zhong, general manager of the company, said that the body scanner uses an anti-scattering X-ray mechanism to detect nonmetal objects such as ceramic knives, explosives, drugs, plastic weapons and liquid bombs.

However, unlike those produced in the U.S., this scanner can detect prohibited objects although also guarding people's privacy, he said.

"The system scanner can also protect the privacy of ordinary people and automatically delete their personal information," said Jia. "It has a competitive export price, as well."

According to Jia, precisely locating prohibited objects in a fasting-moving mix of crowds, luggage and cargo has been a perennial technological headache globally.

Furthermore, the X-ray radiation emitted by the scanner is negligible, amounting to about one-thirty-sixth of the radiation a passenger is exposed to when travelling by air from Beijing to Shanghai.

The manufacturer plans to roll out 1000 entire body scanners annually for use in various arenas, including drug-enforcement, civil airports, railway stations and at customs.

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