for full-body scans at airport checkpoints,” explains TSA spokesperson R. Carter Langston. “It’s a millimeter wave scanner that detects a wide range of metallic and nonmetallic threats in a ...

The image above is what (we’re told) a TSA agent sees after scanning your body. If even that makes you uncomfortable, you can still attempt to opt out in the future, but the “threat detection ...

[Ben Krasnow] built his own version of the TSA’s body scanner. The device works by ... The disk is moved along the Y-axis to fill in the scan. On the disk assembly, there is a potentometer ...

According to a report published by ProPublica this week, the TSA's advanced imaging technology (AIT) body scanners are more likely to triggers false alarms for African American passengers.