100ml limit being scrapped?

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I remember reading this article over 2 years ago but it has yet to happen, does anyone have further information on this, it is making airport travel all the more a nuisance with having to fork over large amounts of money to get a drink after security as you have no option of bringing your own.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/4978199/100ml-liquid-limit-for-airline-passengers-set-to-be-lifted-due-to-new-technology.html

Trials of a new generation of scanners are due to take place at a number of airports across the EU next year.
The move to scrap the restrictions, which was first disclosed by the Daily Telegraph in December, follows talks with the industry and pressure from the aviation trade body, the International Air Transport Association.
It is now hoped that the restriction will start to be removed in six months to a year's time.
For more than two years passengers have had to display their toiletries in a clear plastic bag before being allowed through security.
They have repeatedly fallen foul of the 100 ml limit and have been forced to surrender an array of liquids, including expensive perfume and aftershave.
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Life has been particularly difficult for contact lens wearers, with solutions in small enough bottles often hard to find.
The same is true of other routine items including shaving cream and spray on deodorants.
In addition policing the restrictions has slowed down airport security because of the need to inspect the clear plastic bags before allowing passengers into the departure lounge.
The Department for Transport security executive, TRANSEC, has been working with companies on a scanner which could distinguish between benign and potentially dangerous liquids.
Smiths Detection, a company at the forefront of aviation security, has been running trials of the next generation of scanners for some time.
But several hurdles have to be cleared before the machinery can be used, including laboratory testing.
Further trials would have to take place at an airport and finally approval from the European Union and other bodies, including the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States, before the scanners can be introduced.
Following the alleged plot to down transatlantic airliners in August 2006 a blanket ban on liquids was introduced.
The 100 ml limit was introduced two months later as a concession to passengers following security advice on how much liquid was needed to create a viable explosive device.
The Department for Transport hopes that the restrictions could be lifted once the technology is in place.
"We are working with international partners to develop technological solutions that enable a lifting of restrictions and current indications are that some technology could be available for deployment on a limited trial basis at some EU airports in 2010," a spokesman said
"In the meantime the present restrictions must remain in place in order to address the real and serious threat from liquid explosives.
"Protecting the travelling public is our highest priority and we will not do anything that puts passengers at risk."