The TSA is beginning to test new scanning machines that could speed up security lines.
TSA is beginning to test new scanning machines that could speed up security lines.
The new scanners are similar to those used in hospitals, and they would give agents 3-D images of bags that would make it easier to distinguish dangerous items from harmless ones.
Test in European airports have indicated that security lines may be able to move at double their current speed if the new scanners are introduced
Going through airport security is often an unpleasant experience, and some of that has to do with the scanners used in American airports.
Since the scanners use x-ray technology, they can only take two-dimensional images of the bags that pass through them. This is why you have to separate your laptop from the rest of your carry-on bags: The 2-D images makes it difficult to distinguish explosives from harmless electronic devices when they’re close to each other.
Tech: The TSA is testing out new scanners that could make airport security lines much faster
