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Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

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DHS S&T, MIT Test Crowd Scanning Millimeter Wave Imaging TechnologyThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate in partnership with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory last October conducted a developmental test and evaluation of a prototype millimeter wave imager that safely scanned crowds for potential threat items. The three day test was conducted at the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s emergency training center in Boston. S&T says the facility provided a realistic electromagnetic environment…

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