New technology in Airport Security

I heard that there will be new technology used for the future of airport security. It seems like the International Air Transport Association (IATA) wants to use neon-lit tunnels that contain eye-scanners, x-ray machines, and metal as well as liquid detectors. It is noted that this is a part of their vision for the checkpoint of the future.

Passengers will have a "travel profile" and will be brought into one of three passageways. Travelers who have completed background checks with government authorities (They are called "Known Travelers.") will go through a light blue colored corridor with barely more than just an ID check. People who go through the yellow corridor will face an order of iris scans and contraband detectors that are very sensitive. The IATA hopes to have those checkpoints ready in airports within the next five to seven years.

There has also been a powerful lie-detection thermal-image camera created by U.K. researchers that can easily detect somebody lying. It is being noted that this could be very useful during customs interviews as well as at passport control for those who plan on coming into the country. The camera is so powerful that it can record different variations in the facial temperature when the person is answering questions. According to professor Hassan Ugail leading the research, he states that a person's brain activity changes when making something up which can easily be detected by the camera. It is currently being tested at an airport but the name has not been released.

There has also been Bluetooth passenger tracking where an airport can track Bluetooth signals in order to look at the passenger's movements all around the air terminal. They gather all the information to estimate the waiting times at the security gate. This has been used at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Ventaa, Finland.

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) here in the U.S. have been using Behavioural Detection Officers where passengers are engaged in casual conversation by them in order to detect any distrustful behavior. About 161 airports are using these officers all across the nation and watch out when one of them comes up and starts up a conversation about anything. They may think that you have something to hide.