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54. "Do you worry about radio waves every time you turn on your radio?"

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 02:23 PM

Jan 2013

Umm.. no.. but the other name for "millimeter waves" is "microwaves".

Do you stick your head in the microwave oven?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave

Microwaves are radio waves with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF (millimeter waves), and various sources use different boundaries. In all cases, microwave includes the entire SHF band (3 to 30 GHz, or 10 to 1 cm) at minimum, with RF engineering often putting the lower boundary at 1 GHz (30 cm), and the upper around 100 GHz (3 mm).

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TSA ends contract with Rapiscan, maker of full-body scanner [View all] jsr Jan 2013 OP

I thought Rapiscan was a satirical name BainsBane Jan 2013 #1

I know. How clueless are their marketing people? pnwmom Jan 2013 #3

Maybe they are just very honest. LisaL Jan 2013 #9

I am sure they intended to suggest rapid scan, but it reads like rape is scan. nt MADem Jan 2013 #10

I'm sure therapists sympathize with their situation... n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #15

Ha--another "unfortunate" word!!! MADem Jan 2013 #17

Rapeyscan nt dorkulon Jan 2013 #35

The marketing people dont have to be very clever when they have good lobbyists. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #18

Wasn't he a part owner of Rapiscan previously? n/t flamingdem Jan 2013 #24

I believe that to be true but couldnt find such. nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #43

makes sense BainsBane Jan 2013 #32

Does it rhyme with a musical genre or sexual violation? alp227 Jan 2013 #8

Yes. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #26

That was my first thought too Hippo_Tron Jan 2013 #13

Yeah, that is really unfortunate. nt dorkulon Jan 2013 #33

I wondered the same thing! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #45

When they stop using these health hazards, I might consider flying again. AllyCat Jan 2013 #2

No. Read the article. The other type of machine doesn't use x-rays. Many people on DU pnwmom Jan 2013 #4

I see that now on a reread. Updated my post. Thanks! AllyCat Jan 2013 #6

Half of the machines already in place use sound waves instead of x-rays. pnwmom Jan 2013 #20

Sound waves? jberryhill Jan 2013 #30

Sorry. I meant to say "radio waves" (millimeter waves) are not x-rays. pnwmom Jan 2013 #38

X-rays are electromagnetic waves, just like radio waves jberryhill Jan 2013 #47

So? Water is a chemical, just like alcohol. pnwmom Jan 2013 #52

"Do you worry about radio waves every time you turn on your radio?" jberryhill Jan 2013 #54

How can we find out? I've tried the TSA website and it made no sense. AllyCat Jan 2013 #51

The machines look different. So you could ask friends who do use the airport. pnwmom Jan 2013 #53

And the manufacturer will have to pay to remove them. Good. pnwmom Jan 2013 #5

This is the company through which Michael Chertoff, a Bushie, was stealing millions from taxpayers. PSPS Jan 2013 #7

How many millions of tax dollars were flushed down Rapiscam? FailureToCommunicate Jan 2013 #11

This was/is a disgrace with Chartoff pocketing the profits flamingdem Jan 2013 #23

What a strange comment RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #39

Think female reproductive system flamingdem Jan 2013 #55

Wait a minute.... ReRe Jan 2013 #12

Are you thinking of "Brownie"? pnwmom Jan 2013 #21

No... ReRe Jan 2013 #25

Michael Chertoff. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #29

You win! ReRe Jan 2013 #31

...and his (also) evil twin: FailureToCommunicate Jan 2013 #42

You have an excellent memory. pnwmom Jan 2013 #34

Wowser... ReRe Jan 2013 #37

I actually liked that thing MichaelHarris Jan 2013 #14

Not to worry. They will replace rapiscans by machines made by a different company. LisaL Jan 2013 #16

Oh well Liberalagogo Jan 2013 #19

HA! I have been railing against those radiation spewing machines for a while flamingdem Jan 2013 #22

Looks like Skeletor's business plans aren't going as expected. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #27

Investor info is suddenly very hard to find..... alittlelark Jan 2013 #28

Glad i chose the pat down every time I ran into one of these things KeepItReal Jan 2013 #36

Introducing a "gingerbread man" software update should have been simple for them... TroglodyteScholar Jan 2013 #40

I wonder if it's just a pretend reason, and the real goal of TSA is to get rid of X-rays (radiation) LisaL Jan 2013 #49

"Tell us if your left arm hurts" HockeyMom Jan 2013 #41

What?????? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #44

Before I went through the full body scanner, HockeyMom Jan 2013 #46

Sounds like some mass experiment to me... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #48

That is extremely bizarre. LisaL Jan 2013 #50