Current detection tools using nanotechnology allow high-speed molecular detection of pathogens through analysis of their DNA in a matter of a few minutes where classical detection tools using regular PCR (polymerase chain reaction) would take over six hours.

FORBES: Nanotech Takes On Homeland Terror

No word yet on what the system might cost, but the current pedestrian detection system is typically bundled with other like-minded high-tech features.

FORBES: New Safety Feature Helps Cars Avoid Collisions With Cyclists

Access the raw data we have published at setiQuest and show us how to process it in new ways, find signals that our current signal detection algorithms are missing.

CNN: What if there's somebody else out there?

The current most accurate detection method, an automated digital microscope on its own, takes ten hours to do the same job.

FORBES: Scanning For Cancer

Three years ago PARC scientists stumbled onto a surprising insight: Combining laser techniques with a whisk-broom bundle of fiber-optic threads enables incredibly accurate detection of traveling cancer cells, at a much faster pace than current screening allows.

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These funds will be used to sustain the current cap level of 46, 000 full time screening personnel, and for explosive detection systems, security enforcement, cargo inspections, Federal Air Marshals, and other TSA activities.

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Current technologies like binoculars, cameras, and portable radars can help to improve visibility and increase the threat detection rate.

ENGADGET: DARPA threat detection technology uses a camera to see targets, software and soldier brains to identify them