In Amsterdam, metal detectors and X-ray machines were in place, but the advanced scanning technology was not available.

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Ter Horst said that security measures in place in Amsterdam were metal detectors and X-ray machines, and admitted they could not have picked up the explosive material that AbdulMullatab was allegedly carrying.

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Abdulmutallab then passed through a walk-through metal detector and put his shoulder bag through an X-ray screening machine, Demuren said.

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Demuren said the suspect underwent regular screening -- walking through a metal detector and having his shoulder bag scanned through an X-ray machine.

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"The archaic system of an X-ray machine and metal detector cannot pick up other potential threats posed by passengers, " Baum says.

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At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Stephen Epstein, attending physician in the emergency department, said X-rays of patients showed metal balls that appeared to be ball bearings.

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For those he used lead white, a traditional oil pigment he reckoned would show up in an x-ray due to the heavy metal content.

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The prosecution said X-rays showed the presence of "speckles of metal" in Ms Knowles' lower intestine consistent with "ingested mercury".

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There are still four layers of security: presentation of valid government ID, boarding pass, x-ray inspection of carryon luggage, and passing through a magnetometer for the presence of metal.

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The 10-inch MID 1065, though, has a more premium-feeling metal casing, along with an IPS panel (the pixel count tops out at 1, 280 x 800, so don't get too excited).

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