http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe...and/index.html
LONDON, England (CNN) -- New technology that can "see" through clothing and detect what's underneath can now be used to scan crowds, making it a potentially effective tool to prevent terrorist attacks in public places.
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While similar technology is being unveiled at airports around the world, the T5000 is designed to be used in large, open areas. With a range of 25 meters, the T5000 can screen people in public places, thus avoiding bottlenecks at border crossings or security checkpoints.
Does this mean that secondaries by hand could be eliminated? Or even the WTMD? If all we really need to be concerned with (guns, large knives, explosives) could be revealed with this device, then no need to do physical pat downs anymore?
The article also says that this device is already deployed in London. I did a search for T5000 here on FT and didn't reveal any previous postings on that term... what do the experts here know about this?