Israelis Develops Sensor To Help Identify Who Has Swine Flu

Israel 21C/The Lid ^ | 5/27/09 | The Lid

[Shellybenoit]

Remember when the swine flu panic began to build ? The day after President Obama urged the flu-worried masses to stay calm, Joe Biden went rogue announcing he has urged family members to avoid airplanes and subways. Biden, told NBC's "Today" show that he'd tell family members to avoid traveling in "confined spaces."

"It's not just going to Mexico. If you're any place in a confined aircraft and one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. That's me. I would not be, at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway."

An Israeli company, Opgal Optronics Industries' have developed a Fever Detection and Alarm System (FDA), that should help Joe six pack feel better about traveling.

The Fever Detector & Alarm System consists of a highly-sensitive infrared thermal camera integrated with customized software . The system screens real-time thermal images to detect individuals passing through its field of view whose body temperatures exceed a pre-set threshold. When the camera detects such an individual it gives off an alarm and the specific person can be pulled aside for further evaluation:

[americanophile]

Why do I have the suspicion that there’s an ulterior motive and use for this.

[AlaskaErik]

Where would they get the pigs from to carry out their experiments.

[Shellybenoit]

like what?

[americanophile]

It would seem that people with elevated temperatures might be infected with things far more deadly than swine flu. It's potentially a good way to identify jihadists infected with any number of biological weapons. It could also theoretically prove useful in detecting people who shows signs of stress; people like hijackers that are boarding planes.

[SunkenCiv]

If it’s commercialized, they need to keep “Swine Flu Detector” on the units, including that phrase in Arabic and Farsi.