Tuesday 19 June 2007

Airline Sensor Could Pinpoint Germs

A new system that uses a computer program and sensors could identify passengers responsible for the release of chemical agents in a terrorist attack or the unintentional release of germs or a virus, such as the tuberculosis-infected man who recently flew on international flights.

"We can identify the location plus or minus one seat," said Qingyan Chen, principal director of the Air Transportation Center of Excellence for airliner cabin environment research at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

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