Sometimes I worry about the future of America, what with the crap the kids have to sit through in their public indoctrination centers. But it is things like this that ease my worries.

"Fifteen-year-old Josh Pfluger and his pals went into his garage and hammered out a shoe-scanning device with the goal of polishing off his Eagle Scout requirements."

"Looks like the project passes muster. Pfluger's good deed is in daily use at the world's busiest airport, helping passengers at O'Hare International move through security checkpoints with a minimum of fuss."

"It's real cool," the Rockford, Ill., teen said Thursday as he prepared to fly to New York for a round of appearances on network television shows. "If other airports call me, I'm going to do it as a job."

Kid'll probably be a millionaire if this thing takes off.