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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

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AS&E Introduces Relocatable Car Scanning SystemAmerican Science and Engineering [ASEI] has introduced CarView, a high-throughput relocatable portal scanning system to detect hidden threats in cars and small vehicles, the company says. CarView simultaneously produces two images of the top-down view of the vehicle, a dual-energy transmission image that highlights metallic threats, and a photo-like Z Backscatter image that highlights organic threats and contraband. AS&E says the system can screen vehicles traveling at speeds up to 20 KPH, is cost-effective, fits…

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

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