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Not explicitly tech related, but since a lot of tech folk are photographers and we all tend to fly a bit more than the average person, thought it was good info to have here.

Just wait until someone tries to smuggle something onboard using their iPad or Kindle. shakes head

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Or, heaven forbid, in a body cavity.

They probably wouldn't get caught since the pat-down doesn't check for that and they don't have to go through the body scanner.

The pat-down gloves are sometimes sent through a residue scanner. However, assuming you place the foreign object into the cavity using a surgery setup any residue that _would_ trip the detector is likely to be left on the long discarded prep-clothes.

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