Electronic sniffer dog debuts at London airport UK

'The world's busiest international airport, London Heathrow, unveiled a new electronic "sniffer dog" Monday, becoming the first in the world to trial the new screening technology. The Sentinel II portal 'sniffs' passengers as they pass through a detection arch, analyzing air that is blown across their bodies for particles of explosives or other banned substances...' [CNN]

Related: Pentagon sniffs for a sniffer machine; Bees better at bomb detection than dogs; Bomb-Detection Dog Firm Indicted for Fraud; The demise of the traditional sniffer dog  was forseen by Jane's Intelligence Review in October, 2000:

'To detect persons carrying explosives, security authorities have used sniffer dogs, with a maximum attention span of 30 minutes. One terrorist group has hired the services of a dog handler from France to monitor the ability of sniffer dogs. It is likely that this group will develop a suicide body suit with a repellent to evade the attention of sniffer dogs. With these developments, it is likely that the role of the sniffer dog will diminish with time and more innovative mechanisms will be necessary to detect the bomber...' [Jane's Intelligence Review]

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