Internet cameras, electronic collars, ear thermometers, masks, goggles ... what next ... automatic procto probes at bus stations?
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Detectors installed at Lowu
china.scmp.com
GARY CHEUNG
Shenzhen authorities will check the temperature of passengers crossing the Lowu checkpoint with infrared detectors from today.
The Hong Kong government said last night it was also interested in the technology, which can take a person's temperature in one second.
Ten infrared detectors were installed yesterday and 40 more will be ready for testing today.
Speaking at the checkpoint yesterday, Shenzhen mayor Yu Youjun said authorities planned to install the devices at other border crossings, ports and airports in Shenzhen within a week.
The detectors, which cost between 8,000 and 9,000 yuan (HK$7,550 and $8,490) and are more than 90 per cent accurate, take a passenger's temperature when an infrared ray hits his or her forehead. Further medical checks will be carried out on any passenger with a temperature over 38 degrees celsius.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Health Department said the Shenzhen detectors, developed by the Research Institute of Tsinghua University, were among several it was considering. |
