Euler Posted August 15, 2018 at 08:47 PM Share Posted August 15, 2018 at 08:47 PM From CNN ... They scan your naturally occurring body waves looking for any indication of concealed weapons or explosive devices. ... They scan your body for objects that are blocking your naturally produced body waves. Both metallic and nonmetallic objects can be picked up by the scanner. ... No radiation is emitted and the scanners will not display anatomical details. ... Body waves, huh? Is that the stuff that makes my aura glow? I'm not sure I like it if my firearm blocks my aura. Or maybe they're saying the machine can detect when a firearm blocks the flow of chi between my yin and my yang. In that case, I'm concerned that the TSA is helping police look at my yang without my consent, whether or not there are any "details." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yas Posted August 15, 2018 at 08:55 PM Share Posted August 15, 2018 at 08:55 PM California....... How long before the ACLU gets involved in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearsmithy Posted August 15, 2018 at 09:00 PM Share Posted August 15, 2018 at 09:00 PM Sounds like thermal to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euler Posted August 15, 2018 at 09:07 PM Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 at 09:07 PM Sounds like thermal to me To me, too. But they never bothered to say. So I'm going with "aura waves" until somebody who knows says differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockman Posted August 15, 2018 at 10:58 PM Share Posted August 15, 2018 at 10:58 PM It's legal to conceal carry with a permit on public transportation in CA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScopeEye Posted August 16, 2018 at 12:02 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 12:02 AM I'm sure it causes cancerProposition 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2A4Cook Posted August 16, 2018 at 01:01 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 01:01 AM It's legal to conceal carry with a permit on public transportation in CA. OMG, even Kommiefornia is saner that Madiganistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45Badger Posted August 16, 2018 at 01:29 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 01:29 AM It's legal to conceal carry with a permit on public transportation in CA. OMG, even Kommiefornia is saner that Madiganistan. Low bar... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic6010 Posted August 16, 2018 at 02:58 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 02:58 AM Yeah its legal to carry on public transit, but good luck getting the permit to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglebob Posted August 16, 2018 at 02:59 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 02:59 AM I'm sure it causes cancerProposition 65 Everything in California causes cancer. I've seen the California cancer warning on a bag of sand. California is a cancer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchDoctor Posted August 16, 2018 at 03:00 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 03:00 AM I like to think I am well versed in this and there is only one way to do it. Thermal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDuty Posted August 16, 2018 at 03:16 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 03:16 AM http://www.renegadetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TotalRecall.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmyers Posted August 16, 2018 at 10:25 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 10:25 AM So, are they going to be having officers at all the station to search each person that triggers the alarm? I'm guessing having a backpack on you or carrying a computer bag on your shoulder will block your "aura" from coming through. I can see this system creating a nightmare for commuters. “When an object is hidden in clothing or strapped to a person, these waves are blocked and detected by the system’s software,” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRJ Posted August 16, 2018 at 10:28 AM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 10:28 AM This npr story better explains the tech and usage. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/15/638848870/los-angeles-is-deploying-body-scanners-to-screen-metro-riders?ft=nprml&f=1001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybermgk Posted August 16, 2018 at 01:58 PM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 01:58 PM I'm sure it causes cancerProposition 65 Everything in California causes cancer. I've seen the California cancer warning on a bag of sand. California is a cancer! Everything that is, oddly enough, except Cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euler Posted August 16, 2018 at 05:16 PM Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 05:16 PM This npr story better explains the tech and usage. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/15/638848870/los-angeles-is-deploying-body-scanners-to-screen-metro-riders?ft=nprml&f=1001 Los Angeles' public transit system has announced that it is the first in the U.S. to purchase millimeter wave scanners to screen Metro riders for suspicious objects as they move through stations. ... [T]hey do not release any form of radiation; instead, they detect radiation released by riders' bodies. Millimeter waves are radio waves around 100 MHz. So human bodies emit radio waves? And the energy emitted is strong enough that these scanners can pick it up at a distance? At high enough resolution to form an image? Am I stupid? Did NPR get it wrong? Is somebody lying? I think NPR got it wrong. This SCPR article from March says it's heat. ... the scanner is calibrated to display the natural heat waves emitted by the human body without revealing too many intimate anatomical details.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Posted August 16, 2018 at 05:27 PM Share Posted August 16, 2018 at 05:27 PM LA has a subway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Power Posted August 26, 2018 at 01:25 PM Share Posted August 26, 2018 at 01:25 PM http://www.renegadetribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TotalRecall.jpg That was instantly what I thought of as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockman Posted August 26, 2018 at 01:35 PM Share Posted August 26, 2018 at 01:35 PM Mm waves are defined as non-ionizing radiation with a wavelength between 30 - 300 GHz. A frequency of 30 GHz has a wavelength of approximately 10 mm. A frequency of 300 GHz has a wavelength of approximately 1 mm. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJim Posted August 27, 2018 at 03:06 PM Share Posted August 27, 2018 at 03:06 PM I wonder if it will detect/report silicon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euler Posted August 27, 2018 at 04:47 PM Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 at 04:47 PM ... A frequency of 30 GHz has a wavelength of approximately 10 mm. A frequency of 300 GHz has a wavelength of approximately 1 mm. Yeah, I don't know why I was off by 103 (c = l f, if l = wavelength). But still, radio frequencies aren't emitted by human bodies and don't provide sufficient resolution to image a human body with an aperture as small as their scanner. I wonder if it will detect/report silicon? Presumably you mean silicone. Silicone is so dense, everything detects it. It's even opaque to X-rays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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