Invasion of the Body Scanners
Cyberware, a Monterey, California, company, has crafted a whole-body scanner that uses light and mirrors to measure and digitize the image of a body in as little as 12 seconds. Hollywood special effects artists have used the machines to capture realistic images of actors then create molten metal terminators onscreen. Wright Patterson Air Force Base employs a scanner prototype in its Anthropometric Research and Design Laboratory to design more comfortable flight gear and cockpit environments for pilots. And, yes, one day whole-body scanners will be used to produce custom clothes. In the meantime, Stephen Addleman, vice president of Cyberware, is content to learn more about his subject matter. As Addleman says, "There is a lot of data in the human body literally."
Jesse Freund
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Invasion of the Body Scanners
