The Future of Airport Security?

International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently unveiled what it thinks may be the future of airport security- in as early as five to seven years. The early concept stage features a series of tunnels (different levels of security based upon the traveler- "Known Travelers" i.e. those that have undergone a government background test face the least intrusive of these tunnels) that will have x-ray machines, eye scanners, and metal and liquid detectors.

In addition to these neon tunnels, thermal lie-detection may also be implemented (research shows that people that are lying/ making up something on the spot brain activity changes and can be detected thermally). Some passengers can also opt-in to bluetooth tracking in order to get an idea how fast lines are moving and even create passenger profiles that can offer more insight as to what passengers do when in the airport. Perhaps the most sci-fi of the concepts being considered is the utilization of cloned super-sniffer dogs for drug detection (something that has already been going on since 2005 when the dog Chase, a member of drug-dog lore for his immaculate sniffing mechanism, was cloned for the Incheon International Airport in South Korea). The next dog clone is expected to have an uncanny ability to sniff out diseases in humans. Another feature that may become common is an increase in Behavioral Detection Officers, who are able to tell when people are hiding something.