[FYI] (Fwd) FC: NASA wants to read passenger minds at airports

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020817-704732.htm

NASA plans to read terrorist's minds at airports
By Frank J. Murray
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Airport security screeners may soon try to read the minds of travelers
to identify terrorists.

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.

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