- "The authorities at Ostende, Belgium use a
special scanner supplied by the British to intercept illegal immigrants
on their way to Britain. The scanner is a heartbeat detector that can reveal
the presence of human beings in containers awaiting shipment." (This
was from a news report in August, 2006, when the scanner temporarily broke
down:
- http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=32842 .)
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- Why can't we be using that sort of equipment on our borders?
Trucks entering the United States, cargo containers entering the California
ports, etc. could be easily scanned.
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- See more about the "heartbeat detection sensor"
at:
- [1] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article826190.ece
- [2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3626255.stm
- [3] http://www.fbodaily.com/cbd/archive/1998/01(January)/15-Jan-1998/63-SOL.htm
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- "This electronic sensor system can accurately detect
and identify the vibration of a human heartbeat when an individual is hidden
inside a remotely located semi-trailer truck, trash truck or other smaller
vehicle, regardless of the counter-measures being used to hide or dampen
the vibrations coming from the individuals heart. Each test must take no
more than 2 minutes to set-up and no more than 15 seconds to execute. The
system will indicate a 'pass' condition when the vehicle has no one hidden
inside. Alternatively, the system will 'alarm' with a numeric score, indicating
the detection of a person on the vehicle and their general location. The
system distinguishes between a human heartbeat and other random vibration
(i.e, wind or an animal). . . . . "
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