Metal detecting gloves

Metal detectors that looklike gardening gloves could save lives by taking knives off Scotland'sstreets.

The gloves conceal hi-techgadgetry which officers will unleash this weekend on people suspected ofcarrying switch-blades and other knives.

Seven pairs of thespecially-designed gloves, costing about £200 a pair, will be tried out for amonth in Strathclyde and central Scotland. The battery-operatedgloves allow officers to scan an individual for weapons with the fingertips orthe palms of the hands. If metal is found, the glove, which is made fromstab-proof Kevlar, starts to vibrate at the wrist.

Source: thescotsman.scotsman.comAdded: 11 July 2006