A South Australian company could transform how airports screen carry-on baggage

A South Australian company is developing a system to scan carry-on baggage at airports around the world, under a contract with the British government.

“The army wanted ‘superman vision’, where they could just look at a backpack from one side, and see what was inside,” Mr Rowland said. “And the best thing about a stand-off imager is that you don’t need a human to go anywhere near it. You can put it on a robot, and the robot can go in and see what’s inside … and if it is a bomb, see how to defuse it”.

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