Robot cavity searchers to be installed on street corners.

THE PANOPTICON, London, Monday (UnGadget) — The Home Office has announced plans to include robot stop-and-search booths on street corners in a bid to thwart TERRORISTS concealing weapons. Robot manipulators would be built into lamp posts to "undress" passers-by and conduct thorough bodily searches as needed.

While Home Secretary John Reid denied knowledge of the plans, his pupils were dilating, his face reddening and beads of sweat starting to form on his forehead. Fortunately, a nearby robot manipulator detected the suspicious behaviour and investigated him carefully and thoroughly.

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