k5jm
When Yuba plays the Rumba on his Tuba...
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Here is some of the info I gleemed from a CM friend of mine at Disney who is also a fellow communications engineer:
For everyone who thought Disney was collecting fingerprints: Those are not fingerprint readers. The intent is to keep people from entering, one guest collecting passes, exiting, and letting another batch of guests enter. The sensors do a quick measurement of bone geometry and link the ticket to the person. Disney does this since there are no scanners at the exits of the parks. This is Disney's authentication system rather than an ID system. It started with season passholders (to keep anyone from using the unlimited passes) and expanded to daily passes (to reduce fraud).
Pal Mickey and future techologies: This is Disney's proprietary version of an Infra Red technology. The underlying transmission is infrared light, but the Disney engineers have worked on a system that allows them to transmit location information to the toy. There are more than 400 locations in the parks where he will respond, though most of them you cannot see. This is to keep the whole theme and look of the parks. They were very careful in how they painted the emitters and where they placed them. But you can find them using your nightvision setting on a Camcorder. They will appear as a flashing white light.
Pal Mickey and future techologies: This is Disney's proprietary version of an Infra Red technology. The underlying transmission is infrared light, but the Disney engineers have worked on a system that allows them to transmit location information to the toy. There are more than 400 locations in the parks where he will respond, though most of them you cannot see. This is to keep the whole theme and look of the parks. They were very careful in how they painted the emitters and where they placed them. But you can find them using your nightvision setting on a Camcorder. They will appear as a flashing white light.
