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Why can't the TSA make me a suit? They already have the measurements. I'm barely half joking here. Seems like this is one of those unsolved "solved problems".
by T_S_ 14y ago
Why can't the TSA make me a suit? They already have the measurements. I'm barely half joking here. Seems like this is one of those unsolved "solved problems".
- stcredzero 14y agoYou may have something here. You wouldn't even need millimeter waves to do it. Just a 3D scanner setup, which can amount to an old projector and some webcams. We should be able to use technology from 3D motion capture to build a physical model of someone's skeleto-muscular system. The hard part would be the domain knowledge. Someone would have to work closely with a tailor to convert his/her specialized knowledge about fabrics and seams and how clothing hangs off the body into algorithms. (And even then, you'd probably need a trained operator with a sense of design.)
- lancewiggs 14y agoX-rays used to be very popular for shoe fitting. I strongly suspect that millimeter waves have similar long term health issues. And I don't see many getting naked in front of a 3D video camera set-up.
- nitrogen 14y agoMillimeter waves are not ionizing, while the x-rays used by TSA backscatter machines and medical x-rays are.
- dredmorbius 14y agoThe question isn't whether or not they're ionizing. The question is whether or not they have adverse biological actions.
- noonespecial 14y agoIts highly likely that those are in fact the same question.
- dredmorbius 14y agoNot when asked by me. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=physiological+effects+of+non-ionizing+radiation&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=SqxGULLLN8OziQK7zoGQBw&ved=0CBkQgQMwAA http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=physiological+effects+of... My general sense: any health effects are likely to be weak at levels typically encountered, but I'm holding as plausible that thee may be some effects.
- aortega 14y agoMicrowave oven radio waves are non-ionizing 2.4 Ghz and I suspect they cause several health issues to any living organism exposed to them, even for a short time.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoThey aren't, unless you're in the oven. And that's different.
- dredmorbius 14y agoFor some people, there's a risk on the outside as well. Pacemakers. Less so these days, but still. My understanding is that there's a possibility of creating induced current in the pacemaker. Which is to say, the non-ionizing radiation has an effect at a distance, albeit in a manufactured artifact, not (in this case) organic tissue.
- noonespecial 14y agoIt is not the 2.4Ghz radiation that causes the trouble with pacemakers. Its the plain old magnetic field generated by the inductive inrush from the giant coils that convert the power to feed to the magnetron tube in the microwave. Any large inductive load poses the same risk.
- stcredzero 14y agoOne wouldn't have to be naked. With the right kind of camera and lighting, customers could also be wearing an opaque gown. (Some care would have to be taken to ensure that the software isn't tampered with.)
- rz2k 14y agoThe Brooks Brothers on Madison Ave got a "digital tailor" setup about five years ago.
- ralfd 14y ago"Cut for you" in Berlin uses a 3D body scanner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdTSugYdjc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRdTSugYdjc
- Shenglong 14y agoWent through extra scanning at the airport and are angry? No worries, here's a lottery ticket for a Bespoke suit!