https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/tags/travel/ Recent content in Travel on Angus Thinks Hugo en @2026 Angus Hardie Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/posts/2006/08/29/weighing-electronics-at-airports/ Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.malcolmhardie.com/weblogs/angus/posts/2006/08/29/weighing-electronics-at-airports/ <p>I was looking at a BBC news article about the recent security alerts at airports when a thought occurred to me. One of the big challenges with electronic items is to ensure that they have not been modified to contain explosives. My thought is that explosives must add weight to a unit. If a list of known weights for particular devices could be published then equipment presented at airports could be weighed and the weight matched against a list provided by manufacturers.</p>