TSA Reportedly Will Begin Testing Long-Distance Body Scanners

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Cruise safety – Do cruise ships have security scanners REVEALED

Cruise ships are the popular new way to travel around the world as more and more choose to explore the world by boat. With recent IT problems at Gatwick Airport and Ryanair flight cancellations, sailing around the world may seem like an easier option. However, one issue that passengers may forget about is the security […]

‘Scanners’ TV Show is Back in Development

Remember Scanners? It’s David Cronenberg‘s 1981 horror shocker featuring a scene where a man’s head explodes, and then you rewind the scene and play it back to watch the explode head in slow motion. Now it looks like the previously rumored but never realized TV series adaptation of the film is back on. Will a head explode every […]

Siemens, DHS warn of “low skill” exploits against CT and PET Scanners

Enlarge (credit: University of Queensland) The Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control System Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued an alert warning of four vulnerabilities in multiple medical molecular imaging systems from Siemens. All of these systems have publicly available exploits that could allow an attacker to execute code remotely—potentially damaging or compromising the safety […]

Turbo-charged MRI scanners are ‘world first’: UK machines could lead to speedy diagnoses

One of the machines – a 3 Tesla Prisma machine, due to be operational in May, is being described as a ‘world first’ by experts and they could process around 6000 patients per year. The already-powerful magnet will be turbo-charged with additional software from manufacturer Siemens in order to boost its processing power. Magnetic resonance […]

How Can I Opt Out of the TSA Body Scanners?

How Can I Opt Out of the TSA Body Scanners? Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]