Is this one different than the elf because this one has the pictures of seeing thru baggage and also the Kinman Island docs in it... if I can remember right ...
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"A system and method for detecting a substance using x-ray fluorescence is disclosed. The detected substances may be explosives or controlled substances that have a specific chemical fluorescent signature. An energy source transmits an x-ray beam at a target. The target may be in a container or under a surface. The beam interacts with the target to produce fluorescent energy. An x-ray detector is at an angle relative to the energy source and gathers the fluorescent energy. The angle differs according to the physical configuration of the system. A portable embodiment will have a different angle than a stationary embodiment. A cooling mechanism cools the x-ray detector. The fluorescent energy is analyzed and processed by a multichannel analyzer and a computer. The computer determines whether the fluorescent energy from the target matches known fluorescent energies of specific substances. If the substance is detected, appropriate indications are made to prevent damage or acceptance of the substance."
What Crow says in his post makes a lot of sense. All the BS of the 90s and early 00s was imo truely over pr'ed and too many people bought into it.
But if they now have "things" that are patentable and if patents are issued, then the ride that many here have been on for oh so long might finally see some light at the end of the old tunnel.
Now if they had patents approved don't you think that they would have announced it......or did they but have not yet backdated a pr?