[krenoten]

If the artwork depicts a man being punished for crimes against the god of wine, and the contents affect the color, wouldn't it be cool if this was used to detect poisons, similar to what drinksavvy is doing for date rape drugs?

[lostlogin]

No no, terrorism is the key, as the article says. This technology might be useful for detecting the dangerous fluids terrorists carry onto planes. This problem is reaching epidemic proportion, which you can tell as soon as you get to an airport and have your liquids stolen.

[wry]

You forgot the part where you may buy a replacement bottle of water inside the airport for $3.

[lostlogin]

I can't tell if you're saying this makes it all ok or if you're saying this makes it worse? The things that were taken off me were things like deodorant, toothpaste and hand sanitizer. Nothing special, just things that are irritating to replace.

[sokoloff]

I assume his point is, rather than being able to bring your choice of water or soda aboard the flight for $0.20, they've granted an oligopoly to the newstands and vendors of overpriced water and soda in the airports.

[gcb0]

quick! somebody think of children and approve enough TSA expenditure to buy one of those globets for each airport checkin line!

...now seriously, the cost/result ratio would still be higher than the one for mm wave scanners...