[CedarDave]

Companion article to this thread:

NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology, But Civil Liberties Groups Up In Arms

[EEGator]

What does this MIT know? /s
Big Brother is here to keep us safe!

[Brilliant]

This theory has been tested I believe and was not supported. Not only that but it seems somewhat difficult to believe given that terahertz radiation appears naturally all around us. Yet that doesn’t seem to be a problem.

[tired&retired]

I studied this technology 15 years ago when it was popular research in Japan. They developed scanners using terahertz waves. The waves have some very unusual characteristics.

One question is, does the wave cause an increase in temperature at the cellular level? My question is, if temperature does increase, how does it impact enzymes which are temperature sensitive in performing their function as facilitators or inhibitors?

Let them try it on a box of bullets and see the impact upon the primers!

[tired&retired]

Here is an excellent link on practical application.

http://www.agiltron.com/pdfs/thz%20imager%20specs.pdf

THz Camera Module
Uncooled, Low Cost, Handheld Solution for Terahertz Imaging

Applications
• Drug Development
• Explosives Detection
• Firefighting
• Food Monitoring
• Laser Beam Profiling
• Mail Inspection
• Manufacturing Process Control
• Medical Imaging
• Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
• Personnel Screening

[nuconvert]

pong

[NonValueAdded]

A skin cancer generator? sure sounds like it

[Kirkwood]

No, the NYPD story is about passive waves naturally emitted from the body (think heat), while the story you posted is about active waves. Very different.

[GOPJ]

...although the forces generated are tiny, resonant effects allow THz waves to unzip double-stranded DNA, creating bubbles in the double strand that could significantly interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication.

OMG!

[neverdem]

Thanks for the post and the ping, respectively.