Athena Security, an Austin-based technology company, uses a heat source reference point (HSRP) blackbody device and a thermal camera to help detect a concealed weapon. The system can also detect body temperature, check for a face covering and ask health screening questions...
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Unless it is using ionizing radiation, such as x-ray, it cannot possibly “see” thru the side of a woman’s leather handbag.
I can see their lies through my parabolic eyes
Depends. If the leather is thin enough, yes, it can. Far more commonly, if the woman has the pistol against the outer skin of the purse (even with a fabric liner) and stays in a cold area for a while then walks into a warm one (or vice versa), the thermal cam will see the outline of the pistol due to the pistol’s differential cooling/heating of the leather it’s in contact with.