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Comment by Jemaclus | Hacker News Reader

I wanna know how this kind of experiment actually works.

> Bill: "Hey Joe, we're gonna do an experiment, and we need you to smuggle a chainsaw through airport security."

> Joe: "All right. Hold my sign, I don't wanna lose it."

> TSA: "Is this a chainsaw?"

> Joe: "I'm a researcher, I swear."

> TSA: "Likely story. FULL CAVITY SEARCH, FELLAS."

> Bill: "Hmm, that didn't work. Next up, flamethrowers. Hey Frank..."

They would have used their own machine in a controlled setting to ensure it's the machine they're testing, not the temperament of the TSA agents

  ...the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins plans to reveal their own results 
  from months of testing that same model of scanner

That's correct. We have our own machine and tested it in a lab setting; we never attempted to smuggle contraband in the field.

Ah, that makes sense.

The scanners are available outside of airports. The university could easily purchase one for study.

You could read the article, it's all there.

I could, but then my joke wouldn't work.. ah well. :)