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Airport Security: Has Our Shoe Salvation Arrived?

October 7, 2008 at 4:00 PM | by pbb | 1 Comment

Could this be what we've all been waiting for? Israel's Ben-Gurion International has added a gizmo called MagShoe to its security checkpoints in Terminal 3, meaning some passengers will be able to leave their shoes on.

MagShoe specifically scans the feet and ankles of fliers, and while it doesn't sniff for explosives, it can presumably detect batteries and wires packed into the heels of a potential bomber's kicks. (It picks up both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, though the manufacturer says the device "ignores metal normally found inside shoes to reduce false alarms.")

A foot scan with MagShoe takes only two seconds, which is substantially less time than it takes us to horn our shoes back on while juggling our laptop after clearing a TSA checkpoint.

Related Stories:
· About MagShoe [Official Site]
· Lulz with the TSA [Jaunted]
· TSA Testing New Shoes-on Technology [Jaunted]

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  1. needcaffeine

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    shoes

    I don't understand why we have to take our shoes off in the US. When traveling in Europe & Asia I never have to take my shoes off. Are the US' equipment that antiquated? I know most of the equipment being used elsewhere is either of US or German origin, or re-hashed by the Chinese. x-ray machines can't sniff out bombs, which is the whole reason this damn thing started; the "shoe bomber" who had C4 in his shoes w/ a manual ignition; no fancy electronic stuff
    October 8, 2008 at 11:53 AM
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