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THE NEW YORK Police Department already has the long arm of the law. Now it gets X-ray eyes.
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says officers are in the advanced stages of testing a futuristic new weapon in their war against gun-toting residents: a device that can detect the presence of hidden metal from a distance.
The device measures terahertz, the natural energy emitted by people and objects. “If something is obstructing the flow of that radiation, for example a weapon, the device will highlight that object,” Kelly said in a speech on Wednesday.
The boxy machine can be hidden in a vehicle, allowing officers to discreetly scan their target. The device is being seen as a possible alternative to the NYPD’s reliance on the controversial tactic of stop-and-frisk, where officers routinely search large numbers of men in high-crime areas.
“We still have a number of trials to run before we can determine how best to deploy this technology. But we’re very pleased with the progress we’ve made over the past year,” Kelly said.
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Captain Scarlet was some of the best children’s entertainment ever made. It wiped the floor with Bosco.
RIP m’lady
Home Parker! :’(
Thunderbirds are not Go anymore.
Hard to believe today how many of us watched these puppets after school on UTV kids TV in the 60s and 70s. They were kind of wooden but it worked!
I was terrified of those things
Sad news she will b sadly missed
More and more of my childhood and teen entertainers gone …….. Jeez, I’m feeling old!
Home Parker! :’(
It was great with the visible strings, but when they blanked them out then it was too CGI for me
Didn’t she also create Jack Chambers?
From that first photo, I’ll have the sex scene from Team America in my head all day.
Rip. Still remember the first time I saw joe90. Memories
Not to forget UFO and Space 1999 – Leading lights in live action SCIFI
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