Simple shoe bomb detector created - New Atlas
Oct 21, 2010 · Now, chemists from the University of Illinois have announced a simple new way of detecting even minute concentrations of TATP, using a …
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Sniffing out shoe bombs: A new and simple sensor for explosive ...
Oct 19, 2010 · Chemists have developed a simple sensor to detect an explosive used in shoe bombs. It could lead to inexpensive, easy-to-use devices for luggage and passenger screening …
Richard Reid's Shoes — FBI
See the shoes that Richard Reid, also known as the shoe bomber, tried to detonate on a flight from Paris to Miami in 2001. Learn how FBI agents and bomb techs investigated and prosecuted this...
WO2013130541A2 - Explosive detector - Google Patents
the system detects explosives using impedance mismatch (minimum of 1.55 g/cm2s) of materials in shoe with an accuracy of 85%; (2) the system utilizes B mode ultrasound at a frequency of 5-3...
Disposable sensor detects “shoe bomb” explosive
The explosive, triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, was made infamous by al-Qaida member Richard Reid, better known as the “shoe bomber.” On Dec. 22, 2001, …
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Sniffing out shoe bombs: A new and simple sensor for ... - Phys.org
Oct 19, 2010 · University of Illinois chemists have developed a simple sensor to detect an explosive used in shoe bombs. It could lead to inexpensive, easy-to-use devices for luggage …
Oct 20, 2010 · “Imagine a polka-dotted postage stamp sensor that can sniff out the shoe-bomber explosive simply by using a digital camera to measure the changing colors of the sensor's …
Ultrasound-Based Shoe Bomb Detector - Tech Briefs
Jul 1, 2012 · The proposed system provides a method for the detection of shoe bombs using ultrasound imaging. Currently, there is no detection method designed for this purpose that allows the travelers to pass through security …
Sniffing out shoe bombs: A new and simple sen | EurekAlert!
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois chemists have developed a simple sensor to detect an explosive used in shoe bombs. It could lead to inexpensive, easy-to-use devices for luggage …
Tiny laser sensor heightens bomb detection sensitivity
Jul 20, 2014 · UC Berkeley researchers are developing ultra-sensitive bomb detectors using tiny laser sensors. Experiments showed that the nanoscale plasmon sensors could detect airborne explosives at concentrations below …
