ADE 651
[wikipedia] The BBC's Newsnight programme investigated the ADE 651 in a report broadcast in January 2010, asking the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory to assess one of the "programmed substance detection cards" used in the device to detect TNT.
The laboratory found that the card contained only a standard radio frequency security tag of the type used in stores to prevent shoplifting. According to the laboratory's Dr. Markus Kuhn, it was "impossible" for the card to detect anything and it had "absolutely nothing to do with the detection of TNT". The card could not be programmed, had no memory, no microprocessor and no form of information could be stored on it. Despite the high cost of the devices, the cards were worth only about two to three pence (3–5¢) each.weiter
Kuhn commented: "These are the cheapest bit of electronics that you can get that look vaguely electronic and are sufficiently flat to fit inside a card." The "card reader" was found to be an empty plastic box.
Despite the controversy, the device is still being used at checkpoints across Iraq.
Schummel-Sprengstoffdetektor ADE 651 - Bombengeschäft mit der Wünschelrute
[taz / 24.01.2010] Eine südenglische Firma machte eine Diebstahlsicherung zum Sprengstoffdetektor. Der Irak hat im Jahr 2008 mehr als 19 Millionen Pfund für die Geräte ausgegeben.
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