A total of 150 million yen or more was paid in the iPad application which displays randomly whether it is right or left

It is carried out at the airport of the USA, it can proceed quickly by simplifying the security checkTSA PreCheckThe iPad application "TSA Randomizer" is used to distribute travelers to lanes with the program called, but it was discovered that 1.4 million dollars (about 155 million yen) was paid for its development Did.

The TSA Randomizer iPad App Cost $ 1.4 Million | Kevin Burke
https://kev.inburke.com/kevin/tsa-randomizer-app-cost-336000/

TSA paid $ 1.4 million for Randomizer app that chooses left or right | Apps and Software | Geek.com
http://www.geek.com/apps/tsa-paid-1-4-million-for-randomizer-app-that-chooses-left-or-right-1651337/

You can see what the application is like in the first place by seeing the following movie.

TSA and the "Randomizer" - YouTube


The clerk who held the iPad in front of himself sorts the tourists to the left and right according to the arrow displayed on the screen.


Tap the screen for each guidance


Arrows are displayed randomly. This function is very simple, very simple.


Kevin Burke, a technician, wondered exactly how this application was made, requested information based on the Information Disclosure Law and gained its content.

According to information Mr. Burke got, the contract for the application was bid by four companies, IBM bid and the price was $ 336,000 (about 37.25 million yen). However, this was only a part, and I found that the total amount paid was 1,440,3415 dollars (about 155 million yen).

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https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/AdvancedSearch.aspx?k=HSTS0313JCIO494


In this statement, you can see that this was the only amount paid for the project as a whole, but it is unknown how much IBM actually spent on development costs. Geek.com, which reported the news, points out the uncertainty of the contract, "There are plenty of appropriate developers who can offer applications with the same functionality in thousands of dollars."

In addition, the TSA has claimed that "the winning bid is not $ 336,000, but $ 47400 (about 5.25 million yen)" on this matter.

TSA says Randomizer app only cost $ 47,400 | Fusion
http://fusion.net/story/287525/tsa-300-thousand-dollars-randomizer-app/