http://www.budgettravel.com/blog/airports-losing-controversial-scanners,12756/?wpisrc=newsletter
When
body image scanners made their way
into airports in 2010, travelers raised concerns over privacy violations and
radiation exposure. Now, three years later, those scanners are being removed
from airports around the country.
According
to an article in Bloomberg,
the reason behind the removal is that OSI Systems, who manufactures the
machines, has not been able to meet a congressional deadline to make the
produced images less revealing. The company reported that it wouldn't be able
to perfect the technology until 2014, and the TSA chose to void the $5 million
contract. The 174 machines now in use will be taken out of airports and used at
other government agencies.
There
will still be some body scanners in use, though. The Bloomberg article states
that the TSA will continue use 60 machines manufactured by L-3 Communications
Holdings. These machines use radio frequencies (instead of the X-ray radiation
used by the OSI Systems machines) and have been producing less revealing images
since 2011.
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