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The airport of the future? Clearing security without removing laptops or liquids

The days of being forced at airport security checkpoints to remove laptops and liquids from carry-on bags may be coming to an end. The Transportation Security Administration announced last week that it is spending $781.2 million for hundreds of scanners that use technology employed in hospitals to examine internal organs to more quickly and thoroughly scan carry-on bags for weapons and ...
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has installed a new state-of-the-art CT scanner at the main checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport that gives officers three-dimensional views of the contents in carry-ons.

The days of being forced at airport security checkpoints to remove laptops and liquids from carry-on bags may be coming to an end.

The Transportation Security Administration announced last week that it is spending $781.2 million

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