Airport staff use 'smart helmets' to scan temperatures

Staff at Italy's busiest airport are using augmented reality helmets to scan passenger temperatures.

Fiumicino Airport in Rome is now the first in Europe to use 'smart helmets' to check the temperature of travellers.

The helmets are equipped with portable thermoscanners that can screen people for symptoms of the new coronavirus at a very safe distance of up to seven metres away.

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