"Airport security screeners may soon try to read the minds of travelers
to identify terrorists. Top Stories
Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have
told Northwest Airlines security specialists that the agency is
developing brain-monitoring devices in cooperation with a commercial
firm, which it did not identify.
Space technology would be adapted to receive and analyze brain-wave
and heartbeat patterns, then feed that data into computerized programs
"to detect passengers who potentially might pose a threat," according to
briefing documents obtained by The Washington Times.
NASA wants to use "noninvasive neuro-electric sensors," imbedded in
gates, to collect tiny electric signals that all brains and hearts
transmit. Computers would apply statistical algorithms to correlate
physiologic patterns with computerized data on travel routines, criminal
background and credit information from "hundreds to thousands of data
sources," NASA documents say.
The notion has raised privacy concerns. Mihir Kshirsagar of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center says such technology would only
add to airport-security chaos. "A lot of people's fear of flying would
send those meters off the chart. Are they going to pull all those people
aside?"
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