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According to national security website Defense One, the device has been dubbed the "Mini Z" portable scanner and it's capable of capturing transparent images and sending them to other devices, such as laptops or tablets. The scanner's manufacturer, American Science and Engineering (AS&E), is currently offering the device to the US military, law enforcement agencies and border patrol officials.
Comment: "American Science" creating technology for law enforcement, military, and the border patrol. A distinctly revealing notion it seems.
Unlike earlier, less-portable versions of those X-ray scanners used in airports, the Mini Z's backscatter technology doesn't penetrate deeply into organic tissue. Nevertheless, it's being highlighted as an easy and effective way for authorities to quickly check for suspicious packages or potentially dangerous material. Not only can the device see through boxes, bags, airplane wings and car seats, it can display and detect a wide range of objects, including guns, explosive material, bricks of cocaine and other drugs and more.
Comment: "Mini Z's backscatter" technology doesn't "deeply" penetrate organic tissue? X-rays are high energy. Part of the reason they work is because their penetration/absorption rates differ, depending on what material is being bombarded. Hence, see through vision. In fact you could not see through any item unless the radiation was penetrating its bounds.
The bold-face statements appears to be a prime example of a (lie) / (truth) / (contradictory statement in regards to the first) sandwich.
The Mini Z is the product of roughly seven years of research, a process that involved reducing the form factor of the necessary parts (the X-ray tubes and batteries, among others) from the size of a truck to that of a breadbox. The device can also shoot X-ray beams continuously, rather than taking one "shot" at a time like a camera.
"The ability to continually generate that X-ray beam is a big factor and a big change," AS&E Vice President Joe Reiss said to Defense One.
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Although the device is now available to the military, it's possible that that US soldiers won't be the primary users. According to Defense One, it's likely that foreign troops being trained by Americans will be employing the Mini Z, but, as noted by Engadget, the scanners may also be used to screen those attending public events within the US, or that customs officials will employ them to screen incoming packages from overseas travelers.
Meanwhile, AS&E said the ideal form of the X-ray scanner would be a model that is worn with eyeglasses, but that such a device is likely still years away. The X-ray tubes needed would have to be even smaller than those in the Mini Z, and there's no telling when engineers would be able to successfully make that a reality.
Comment: Despicable. Pathocratic control and oppression through surveillance does not equal safety despite what is parroted to the populace.