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[ultimatefrisco]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/do-wii-balance-boards-represent-future-airport-security

Seriously? is there anything that proves this could be legit?

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[samjolnir]

All Popular Science does is pull shit out of their ass. Nothing they ever "predict" comes to fruition.

[ultimatefrisco]

Actually, I found this on several other sources too, and actually found out about this on NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me." That was just the link I decided to post.

[beyonder]

I'm sure it's true that we're pouring homeland security money into programs like Future Attribute Screening Technology.

All that means is we're handing money to a group of researchers in order to let them try wacky stuff. It's no wonder that their ideas all sound vaguely plausible on paper but will probably never present significant results when tested.

The military also has a number of R&D holes that they continually toss money into while expecting very little return - Places where pseudo-science and poor methodology can fly just as well as the real stuff.

I used to work for one.

[mypreci0us]

What they don't appreciate is that the more security measures they put in place, the more nervous one is about accidentally sounding an alarm. And the more nervous you are, the more likely you are to actually accidentally trip the alarm. This would generate so many false positives.