A Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out

Re:A Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out by 09bjb on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @02:01PM (#15908377)

Agreed. My deep dive (reading the academic papers, etc.) trying to confirm that the TSA millimeter wave scanners are harmless came up with more questions than answers. If this tech uses the same spectrum then I'm giving casinos a +1 for potential cancer risk.

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Re:A Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out by syntheticnature on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:10PM (#15908999)

Admittedly, given every casino I've been in permits smoking, it's not like casinos were otherwise great on cancer-avoidance.

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Re:A Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out by Balgair on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @02:43PM (#15908792)

Can they see through leather?

Yes, yes they can.

What do you think they then do to your much thinner skin?

This isn't rocket science.

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Re:A Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out by pavel_lishin on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:08PM (#15908986)

Given that they can penetrate it, it's very possible that they do nothing to your skin.

You're right, this isn't rocket science - it's a blend of electrical engineering and biology.

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Re:A Las Vegas Resort Using Microwaves to Keep Guns Out by chc on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @03:06PM (#15908971)

The most obvious answer based on the previous observation is "see through your skin," not "cause cancer." I think we'll need more to go on than that.

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