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Airport security device manufacturer
InVision Technologies, Inc. was a publicly traded company based in Newark, California, that manufactured and sold airport security screening devices to detect explosives in passenger baggage. Formerly traded on the NYSE, one of its most well-known products is the CTX explosive-detection device. Among its founding members was Sauveur Chemouni. Wikipedia →
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The Filter BubbleEli Pariser · 2011
Weaving the Dark WebRobert W. Gehl · 2018- 📕Guide to Using the Anonymous Web in Libraries and Information OrganizationsBrady D. Lund, Matthew A. Beckstrom · 2022
- 📕Die Gesellschaft der DatenFlorian Süssenguth · 2015
- 📕ARTLAB2Gerald van der Kaap, Kyanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
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