An airport scanner to end laptop, liquid ban

It uses CT-scan technology that is better at spotting explosives, weapons

Manufacturers of airport security equipment have a message for travellers who fear they will have to give up laptops and tablet computers on international flights: They have a solution.

At least four of the largest companies making screening devices say they are developing scanners so much better at detecting explosives than existing X-ray machines that passengers could leave laptops, other electronics and even liquids in their bags, vastly simplifying airport security.

“It’s a no-brainer,” said Joseph Paresi, chief executive officer of Integrated Defence & Security Solutions Inc, which has developed one of the new scanning machines that has passed initial US government