Metal in Body vs park scanners

[Twende]

My most recent surgery left me with several metal clips in my body. They gave me a card to carry but it is very confusing to read.

Am I going to have trouble going through the metal scanners to get into the parks or Disney Springs?

 

[SteveMouse]

I’ve got a 10” piece of metal next to my spine. It rarely sets anything off anymore.

 

[Evita_W]

Shouldn't be an issue with the new machines.

 

[robinb]

I have a plate in my ankle. It used to set off security machines 20 years ago and I would need to be wanded instead. But that was at the airport. The Disney scanners never gave me a problem.

 

[KPeveler]

I have quite a bit of surgical steel in my neck/skull. I have never set off the disney scanners.

 

[SueM in MN]

Glad to see some responses from posters with actual experience with metal.
My understanding of how the new scanners work is that they are looking at detecting metal specifically, but looking more at shapes. Anything detected shows up on their screen, so they know where the item is that triggered an alert

 

[ZellyB]

I have a metal rod that runs the length of my femur and several screws. We were there in February and I had no problems with the scanners.

 

[Twende]

Thanks everyone. Our trip is not until mid October so I will be confident and see how it goes! I will have y card with me in case but I really would love to just go through a scanner and not have a problem! LOL!

 

[Groot]

Shouldn't be an issue with the new machines.

Are the new machines smart enough to distinguish between something in a pocket vs. something in a leg/arm?

 

[Evita_W]

Are the new machines smart enough to distinguish between something in a pocket vs. something in a leg/arm?

Yes, they can tell the approximate location and it is based on shape, scent and other factors, not necessarily material.

 

[BugsPop]

You’re good… I’ve got a metal knee, some plates & screws in my neck, and a couple screws in my wrist… if I’m. It setting it off? Lol! I have only had an issue at the airport once, and the tsa agent was a real ******* about it too…. I do tend to get the wands to go off though.

the new machines they are using are some serious tech, and can tell where the metal is, etc…

 

[Debbie Jean]

Bilateral knee replacements... sometimes I set scanners off, sometimes not. Problems at the courthouse but Disney is usually ok for me. At the airport, I point and say "I got knees" and need the full body scanner... never worried about it in Florida since half the residents have some kind of metal in their bodies!

 

[cobright]

Are the new machines smart enough to distinguish between something in a pocket vs. something in a leg/arm?

the new machines they are using are some serious tech, and can tell where the metal is, etc…

The machines disney use now do not simply detect metal. They will detect ceramics, plastics, carbon fiber, and differentiate a few basic densities of metal.

It also knows exactly where on/in your body the item is.

Cooler than that, without a human being looking at the scanned image, the AI will observe the scan and determine if the item is a weapon or not based on a model that is constantly refined via machine learning.

I watched a demonstration of the same machines (not actualy at disney) tell the difference between a real gun and an airsoft replica that was built with a metal barrel and nearly the same weight.

It knows the difference between a toenail clipper and a pocket knife.

It can tell the difference between 3 cubic cm of titanium in your hip and the same volume of gun barrel in your pocket.

What's going to blow people away is when they let the AI select ppl for more thorough screening based on body language and more esoteric markers like conversational semantic stress identifiers, word choices that indicate you are hiding something or worried about something.

 

[Evita_W]

The machines disney use now do not simply detect metal. They will detect ceramics, plastics, carbon fiber, and differentiate a few basic densities of metal.

It also knows exactly where on/in your body the item is.

Cooler than that, without a human being looking at the scanned image, the AI will observe the scan and determine if the item is a weapon or not based on a model that is constantly refined via machine learning.

I watched a demonstration of the same machines (not actualy at disney) tell the difference between a real gun and an airsoft replica that was built with a metal barrel and nearly the same weight.

It knows the difference between a toenail clipper and a pocket knife.

It can tell the difference between 3 cubic cm of titanium in your hip and the same volume of gun barrel in your pocket.

What's going to blow people away is when they let the AI select ppl for more thorough screening based on body language and more esoteric markers like conversational semantic stress identifiers, word choices that indicate you are hiding something or worried about something.

It also has the ability to detect certain scents as well, which allows it to detect illicit drugs with accuracy similar to that of a dog. Honestly these machines are just plain amazing and I could see the potential for speeding up airport security while making things far more secure at the same time.

 

[cobright]

It also has the ability to detect certain scents as well, which allows it to detect illicit drugs with accuracy similar to that of a dog.

The walking scanner Disney's using is made by a company named Evolv. It doesn't have anything at present that directly detects explosives. It does profile objects by size, shape, and density and may identify possible explosives based on that.

I can only think of one commercially deployed contactless explosive detection system. That would be koniku. Their devices uses geneticly engineered living cells to profile explosive vapor. They passed some tests recently and are beginning to deploy with Airbus.

 

[Evita_W]

The walking scanner Disney's using is made by a company named Evolv. It doesn't have anything at present that directly detects explosives. It does profile objects by size, shape, and density and may identify possible explosives based on that.

I can only think of one commercially deployed contactless explosive detection system. That would be koniku. Their devices uses geneticly engineered living cells to profile explosive vapor. They passed some tests recently and are beginning to deploy with Airbus.

I didn't say explosives, I said drugs there is a difference and yes, at airports there would need to be more tools used them just this, but it could do a lot.

 

[c_los75]

My most recent surgery left me with several metal clips in my body. They gave me a card to carry but it is very confusing to read.

Am I going to have trouble going through the metal scanners to get into the parks or Disney Springs?

Nah, you'll be fine!

I've had metal in me since I was 2 and I'm now 46 years old. I've been going to DLR since 1980 and I've never had issues with the metal detectors or wands. It beeps, but Security knows people have surgical metal in them.

 

[ShelsGoingToDisney]

How exactly does this tech work? I looked on the system website but am not seeing anything. I recently had cochlear implant surgery and I worry about going through anything that might be magnetic in nature. Not just because I have a magnet in my head but I run the risk of having the mapping in my processor erased. Does anyone have any insight on this? Is it possible to bypass these and get a wand or pat-down or something?

 

[c_los75]

How exactly does this tech work? I looked on the system website but am not seeing anything. I recently had cochlear implant surgery and I worry about going through anything that might be magnetic in nature. Not just because I have a magnet in my head but I run the risk of having the mapping in my processor erased. Does anyone have any insight on this? Is it possible to bypass these and get a wand or pat-down or something?

The ones used at the Disney Parks are less intensive than at the airport. You'll be okay, I think. I googled it.

 

[ShelsGoingToDisney]

The ones used at the Disney Parks are less intensive than at the airport. You'll be okay, I think. I googled it.

What did you Google that brought you results for Cochlear Implants? I tried so many variations on Google and got nothing! I found things for regular metal detectors but this sounds like different technology than your average detector.