Airport Scanner Close Up (IMAGE)

Duke University

Airport Scanner Close Up

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A screen shot from the smartphone game Airport Scanner shows simulated baggage screening. There's a stick of dynamite in this bag. Duke researchers used more than 20 million bag searches from the game to discover that very rare items often go undetected.

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Airport Scanner by Kedlin

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