Eagle Scouts Help Screeners at Airport

This is a good news story from the Associated Press about Eagle Scouts inventing a device to screen passengers' shoes at the airport.

Fifteen-year-old Josh Pfluger and his pals went into his garage and hammered out a shoe-scanning device with the goal of polishing off his Eagle Scout requirements.

Looks like the project passes muster. Pfluger's good deed is in daily use at the world's busiest airport, helping passengers at O'Hare International move through security checkpoints with a minimum of fuss.

The device is appealing to the passengers because they don't have to remove their shoes to have them scanned.

Thanks to Random Nuclear Strikes.