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U.S. Again Rejects A Shoe ScannerYou will still have to take your shoes off at the airport checkpoint. The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that it had rejected the use of a General Electric shoe-scanning machine that was supposed to provide a central benefit for members of the Clear version of the Registered Traveler program: the ability to pass through security with their shoes on. The machine would instead have scanned the shoes electronically for weapons or explosives. But the agency said that the G.E. shoe scanner does not meet minimum detection standards. In July, it rejected an earlier version of the machine. G.E., a partner in the Clear program with the entrepreneur Steven Brill, made changes and submitted the new version in August. The agency said that it found significant improvements in the new version, but that it still does not meet standards to ensure detection of explosives. A prototype of the machine, in use in at a lane at Orlando International Airport in Florida, will be discontinued today, the government said. The Clear version of the Registered Traveler program operates at 10 airports. Clear has 68,000 members who pay $99.95 a year. Competing versions, with a few thousand members, operate at two additional airports. In a statement yesterday, Mr. Brill said that his company and G.E. would continue to develop technology enhancements. Meanwhile, he said, we press ahead with already successful nontechnology benefits, among them concierges who assist Clear members at checkpoints. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationDeutsche shakes up traders after €100m loss...World Business Briefing: South Korea: Samsung Forecast... DuPont Raises Profit Outlook... For Champions of Haggling, No Price Tag Is Sacred... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - U.S. Again Rejects A Shoe Scanner |
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