My Close Encounter With an Airport Security Robot

‘When I took out my phone to take a picture, its “eyes” latched on to my face’

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By Gillian Tett

Last week, when I was travelling through Terminal B in New York’s LaGuardia airport, something similar to a Dalek — those terrifying robot-like creatures from the famous TV series Doctor Who — came whizzing…