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Homeland Security

DHS Awards $2.6M to Draper Labs for Physiological Sensing

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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., received a one-year, $2.6 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate to investigate various off-body sensors and sensor systems capable of providing indicators of mal-intent based on physiological respiratory and cardiac responses at various distances in screening lines. The contract comes under the Future Attribute Screening Technologies (FAST) and will support research and development of the FAST Mobile Module (FAST M2) Screening Laboratory facility. The mobile facility will…

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