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A new walk-through airport lie detector made in Israel may prove to be the toughest challenge yet for potential hijackers or drug smugglers.
Tested in Russia, the two-stage GK-1 voice analyzer requires that passengers don headphones at a console and answer 'yes' or 'no' into a microphone to questions about whether they are planning something illicit.
The software will almost always pick up uncontrollable tremors in the voice that give away liars or those with something to hide, say its designers at Israeli firm Nemesysco.
'In our trial, 500 passengers went through the test, and then each was subjected to full traditional searches,' said Chief Executive Officer Amir Liberman. 'The one person found to be planning something illegal was the one who failed our test.'
The GK-1 is expected to cost between $10,000-$30,000 when marketed. A spokesman for Moscow's Domodyedevo airport, which is using a prototype, said 'the tester (lie detector) has proved to be effective and we are in principle ready to use it.'
Monday, November 21, 2005
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