LAX to test new shoe scanner

Performing a barefoot striptease at airport security checkpoints may become a thing of the past as federal authorities prepare to test a pair of new machines that scan shoes for explosives at Los Angeles International Airport.Artr Marroquin in the Daily News.

The PassPort scanners, made by government contractor L3 Communications, will determine whether travelers are hiding bombs in their footwear.

Data collected from the summer tests at LAX will be used to evaluate whether the technology could be used across the country, according to Dwayne Baird, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration.

"The required removal of shoes at