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The future of airport security: Thermal lie-detectors and cloned sniffer dogs :-source cnn

The International Air Transport Association's "Checkpoint of the Future."

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Airports exploring new, high-tech security measures
• Thermal lie-detection detects variations in facial temperature in response to questioning
• Super-clone sniffer dogs, and Bluetooth passenger tracking are being trialled

(CNN) -- After the EU's announcement that it will ban "backscatter" x-ray body scanners, airports may have to look harder at alternative security measures. From Bluetooth tracking to thermal lie-detector cameras, we take a glimpse into the weird and wonderful future of airport security.

The check-point of the future

Earlier this year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated its vision for the "checkpoint of the future" -- a series of neon-lit tunnels, each equipped with an array of eye-scanners, x-ray machines, and metal and liquid detectors.

Heralding an end to "one size fits all screening," the association says that passengers will be assigned a "travel profile" and ushered into one of three corridors accordingly.

"Known Travelers," (those who have completed background checks with government authorities) for instance, will cruise through the light blue security corridor with little more than an ID check, while those guided through the yellow "Enhanced" corridor will be subjected to an array of iris scans and sensitive contraband detectors.

Although still at the proof of concept stage, the IATA is hoping to have these colorful checkpoints installed in airports within the next five to seven years.

Thermal lie-detection

Feeling guilty? Got something to hide? A team of UK-based researchers claim to have developed a thermal lie-detection camera that can automatically spot a burning conscience.

The system could be used during customs interviews and at passport control to check whether people entering the country are giving a true account of themselves.

The thermal-imaging camera captures variations in facial temperature in response to questioning. "When someone is making something up on the spot, brain activity usually changes and you can detect this through the thermal camera," said professor Hassan Ugail, who leads the research.

At present, the UK's Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs are sponsoring the system's development, but will not reveal the name of the airport where it's being tested.

Bluetooth passenger tracking

Finland's largest airport is harnessing the tracking potential of a device already carried by most passengers: their mobile phones.

The new system at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport monitors Bluetooth signals to examine passenger movement around the terminal, and uses this information to predict waiting times in front of the security gate.

For now, the technology is simply helping airport operators with crowd management at busy periods, while providing "opted-in" passengers with accurate waiting-time estimates, lit-up in front of them on flight information display screens.

Further down the line, Amor Group -- which developed the technology -- says that the system could track any passenger as soon as they enter the car park or bus station and, in time, be used to create "passenger profiles" -- detailing the behavior of individuals to create "targeted retail activity and process optimization."

'Super clone' sniffer dogs

Professor Byeong-chun Lee, who established his reputation in 2005 as the driving force behind the world's first ever dog clone, has bought a new breed of super-sniffers to South Korea's Incheon Airport.

They may look like an ordinary pack of golden Labrador Retrievers, but these dogs are all genetically identical to "Chase," a dog whose legendary snout kept him top of Incheon's drug-detection rankings right up until his retirement in 2007.

While, on average, only three out of 10 selectively bred sniffer dogs trained by the airport's security staff have the nostrils for the job, every single one of the new clone recruits have made the grade -- providing Incheon with one of the world's most formidable teams of drug detectors.

But it's not just contraband smugglers who should fear the arrival of this sniffing super-breed. Lee's next clone will be a high-performance "quarantine dog" -- gifted with an enhanced capacity for detecting the presence of disease in humans.

Behavioral Detection Officers

In the United States, the Transport Security Administration (TSA) is not just relying on fancy gadgets and genetically enhanced nostrils to improve security: it's turning to good old-fashioned human instinct.

Behavioural Detection Officers (BDOs) have been trained to engage passengers in casual conversation in an effort to weed out suspicious behavior.

According to the TSA, the pilot scheme aims to stimulate the "involuntary physical and physiological reactions" that people display when they are fearful of being discovered.

BDOs are currently operating at approximately 161 airports nationwide. So next time an airport official starts talking about the unseasonably good weather, chances are they think you've got something to hide.

AIEEE 2012 is Scheduled on April 29, 2012

For 11^th AIEEE to be held in 2012 , the CBSE has made several changes in the examination system for benefit of students community at large. The changes are as follows ;

The 11^th AIEEE (Offline Examination i.e. Paper/Pen Test) will be held on 29^th April, 2012 in the following cities ;

1	Port blair	18	Kurukshetra	35	Aurangabad	52	Agartala
2	Guntur	19	Hamirpur	36	Nasik	53	Haldwani
3	Warangal	20	Shimla	37	Pune	54	Pantnagar
4	Tirupati	21	Jammu	38	Thane	55	Roorkee
5	Itanagar	22	Srinagar	39	Imphal	56	Agra
6	Guwahati	23	Bokaro	40	Shillong	57	Bareilly
7	Silchar	24	Dhanbad	41	Aizwal	58	Gorakhpur
8	Gaya	25	Jamshedpur	42	Kohima	59	Kanpur
9	Muzaffarpur	26	Ranchi	43	Rourkela	60	Varanasi
10	Patna	27	Hubli	44	Puducherry	61	Durgapur
11	Raipur	28	Mangalore	45	Bhatinda	62	Siliguri
12		29	Kozhikode	46		63	Dadar & nagar
	Daman & diu				Ajmer		haveli
13	Panaji	30	Kavarati	47	Jodhpur	64	Dubai
14	Surat	31	Gwalior	48	Udaipur	65	Riyad
15	Vadodara	32	Jabalpur	49	Gangtok	66
16	Faridabad	33	Indore	50	Coimbatore	67
17	Hissar	34	Amravati	51	Madurai	68

After the success of Online Exam on pilot basis last year, and to give flexible schedule of examination, the Board has also decided to conduct Online Examination only (i.e. CBT Mode) w.e.f. 7^th – 25^th May, 2012 in the following 22 cities :

1	Hyderabad	9	Trivandrum	17	Noida
2	Vijaywada	10	Bhopal	18	Kolkata
3	Vishakhapatnam	11	Mumbai	19	Allahabad
4	Chandigarh/	12	Jalandhar	20	Bhubaneshwar
	Mohali/
	Pachkula
5	Delhi/NCR	13	Jaipur	21	Kota
	except Faridabad
6	Ahemdabad	14	Chennai	22	Nagpur
7	Bangaluru	15	Dehradun
8	Eranakulam	16	Lucknow

Due to high demand from the large student community of Kota from the State of

Rajasthan, this year, Kota has also been made examination centre for online examination. The examinees who will appear in online examination will be given concession of Rs.150/- to Rs.300/- in examination fees. The candidates who wish to appear in the cities notified for online examination may acquaint themselves about the online examination. A mock test software will also be uploaded on CBSE Website in

Dec 2011 for the purpose of practice by the examinees.

In order to have wider availability of application forms, this year, CBSE has decided to accept application for examination through online mode only and no physical form will be sold. This has been done to ensure availability of forms through CBSE/AIEEE Website at all places and without any time restriction i.e. available through out the day on 24x7 basis. The fee of examination will be accepted through

CREDIT/DEBIT Cards or Demand Drafts. To facilitate the students for filling online application, a facilitation centre will be opened in each and every city from where physical forms were being sold in past.

NOTE:- BASED ON PRESS NOTE BY AIEEE