Tired of getting patted down during routine "subway searches" by the NYPD? Embarrassed by what's lurking at the bottom of that briefcase? There's help on the way - the New York Daily News is reporting that the NYPD has imported the latest and greatest in bomb-detection equipment that will be much less intrusive for subway search victims:

"The portable devices - ranging in size from a hand vacuum to a large computer printer - are programmed to detect traces of homemade peroxide bombs as well as military-grade explosives... Officials say the devices are less intrusive, yet more thorough, than a hand search. Cops pass a cloth swab over the handles or zippers of a bag, insert the swab into the device and get a reading within eight seconds."