Man makes his own 'Backscatter' airport body scanner from Ebay parts

Thousands of travelers will be walking into a body scanner and putting their hands up as they make their way through airport security this holiday season. A tech tinkerer recently completed a homemade version of a backscatter machine using parts purchased on eBay.

Ben Krasnow, as seen from his self-description on Google+, has previously built components for MRI machines. When he's not working on "top secret projects" at Valve, a video game company, he could probably be found in his home workshop - his favorite place to be, he wrote.

"After work, I spend time on many different types of projects that usually involve circuit design, machining, material selection, and general fabrication/hacking," he wrote on Google+.

His test subject for the backscatter machine? An ugly Christmas sweater-wearing turkey, in the raw.

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