Steve Quinn aimed a XRF scanner gun at a wrestling action figure to measure lead and other substances in the small toy. When he squeezed the trigger and the gun completed its calculations, a screen ...

After some earlier pilots, so-called gun scanners are making their debut on the subway, with Mayor Adams and MTA officials announcing yesterday that the imposing machines would be coming to select ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial plan to install gun-detecting tech in the Big Apple’s beleaguered transit system was booted up Friday in lower Manhattan. The weapons scanner pilot program from company ...

Jan. 5—JAMESTOWN — A body scanner at Ragsdale High School detected a handgun that a student tried to bring into the building Thursday morning. Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers said that the school ...

The NYPD said Thursday that the month-long gun detector pilot yielded 12 knives, 118 false positives, and zero firearms. City Limits’ CLARIFY youth journalists spoke to transit riders and advocates to ...

The reason you're hearing more about robots these days has a lot to do with non-robotic technologies. After all, for the last fifty years mechanical engineers have been able to make some pretty snazzy ...

New York City's mayor and the head of the NYPD announced a gun scanner pilot for the subway system, the latest in a series of initiatives designed to reassure the public after recent high-profile ...

You have to feel sorry for the police officers who are required to frisk people for guns or knives - after all, if someone who doesn't want to be arrested is carrying a lethal weapon, the last thing ...

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When guns fall into the wrong hands, tragedies can happen. The makers of The Gun Box want to change that with a high-tech box that can only be opened with a fingerprint scanner or radio devices. Above ...