Speaking of clothing and all things overly revealing, by now you’ve probably heard of the new airport full-body x-ray scanners that basically show TSA employees how you wax your bits, whether or not you’re going commando, and where your most interesting piercings are. There are two great new articles about how these hands-off strip search boxes work; one at Scientific American and another, much racier one at Slate. No word yet on the installment of these booths at high-end strip clubs (steak and x-rays!), or the eventual wave of pay-by-the-minute, “x-ray a schoolgirl” fetish cafes sure to hit the streets of Tokyo.
The Naked Truth: Is New Passenger Scanner a Terrorist Trap or Virtual Strip Search? (sciam.com)
Digital Penetration: Invasion of the naked body scanners (slate.com)