A new technology developed in the triangle could soon change how your recorded luggage is analyzed at the airport.
Quadridox, a Spinout from the University of Duke, creates cutting -edge X -ray scanners designed to make airport safety, safer and potentially allow travelers to put more items, such as water bottles, thanks to airport safety.
Based in a reused textile mill in Hillsborough, the startup is led by the founder, president and CEO Joel Greenberg.
Greenberg said that the company’s idea was designed after a program funded by internal security sciences and technology has explorated the way X -ray components could improve the detection of explosives in aeronautical security.
“There are two types of X-ray scanners. For recorded luggage, we have developed a new type of system that will allow you to bring more items on planes and allows TSA to better assess the content of the bag,” he said.
Greenberg stressed that current scanning systems are growing and that improved tools are essential to detect emerging threats.
“X-ray systems that are currently scanned luggage has been around for almost 20 years now. This technology is getting older,” he said. “Our scanners allow us to better assess the bag and its content so that the best decision can be made as quickly as possible.”
He said scanners can minimize the number of open bags, help save money and make travel more effective in general.
Finally, Greenberg said, technology could be deployed at the TSA control points, potentially modifying flight rules with liquids.
Quadridox always explores where its software could be used, and its innovation is not limited to traveling. In addition to luggage screening, the company applies its X -ray technology to develop new tools for cancer detection, in particular by using tissue analysis technology and creating portable devices to help pathologists more effectively assess samples, such as cancer biopsies.
The goal is to start testing new scanners at airports from next year, with a wider deployment scheduled the following year.