...the Technical Support Working Group, a “U.S. national forum that identifies, prioritizes, and coordinates interagency and international research and development (R&D) requirements for combating terrorism [and] rapidly develops technologies and equipment to meet the high priority needs of the combating terrorism community,” invited research proposals from prospective contractors for various technologies. Among the devices that the TSWG hopes to develop are a handheld biological detector, a portable suicide bomber detection system, a fast capture simultaneous flat fingerprint scanner, and “a rugged, reliable and compact system for canine handlers to collect human scent for future use to track a specified target.
blog entry: http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/us-government-hopes-to-sniff-out-terrorists/
Posted by Stubbornson at May 15, 2007 04:44 PM