{"id":14909,"date":"2019-04-19T03:15:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T10:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=14909"},"modified":"2019-04-19T03:25:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T10:25:04","slug":"vancouvers-rogers-arena-to-test-new-3d-imaging-ai-technology-to-detect-hidden-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=14909","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver\u2019s Rogers Arena to test new 3D imaging, AI technology to detect hidden weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"story-author\">By <a class=\"author url fn\" title=\"Posts by Jon Azpiri\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/author\/jon-azpiri\/\" rel=\"author\">Jon Azpiri<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"story-author-position story-author-has-thumbnail\">Online News Producer \u00a0<span class=\"story-via\">Global News<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>April 15, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/scan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14910\" src=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/scan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/scan.jpg 739w, https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/scan-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5169032\/rogers-arena-new-security-system\/\">WATCH:<\/a> High-tech screening coming to Rogers Arena<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/rogers-arena\/\">Rogers Arena<\/a> is set to serve as a testing ground for new technology designed to enhance security at large public venues.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia-based Liberty Defense Ltd. announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Rogers Arena to test their new Hexwave system within or near the arena, which serves as the home of the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n<p>According to Liberty Defense CEO Bill Riker, the system detects concealed weapons using radar energy to create 3D images, then uses \u201ca form of artificial intelligence to then go ahead, in real time, to see if there\u2019s a threat there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The technology can detect both metallic and non-metallic weapons, Riker says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH: (Aired Sept. 22, 2015) Tighter NHL security begins in Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini\u00a0serves as an adviser for the tech company.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/2225417\/vancouver-canucks-introduce-airport-style-metal-detectors-for-games-at-rogers-arena\/\">Rogers Arena introduced security measures<\/a> that would have patrons\u00a0pass through an airport-style metal detector and have their bags searched prior to entering the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Riker says the new system is designed to not be intrusive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally they won\u2019t even sense anything,\u201d he said of customers entering the arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just move right through the detection area. Part of the objective here is to be able to minimize the intrusive experience on the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riker said the technology could be used at other public venues such as shopping malls, schools, hospitals and churches.<\/p>\n<p>Testing is set to begin next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"yiv9902585880OBJ_PREFIX_DWT65_com_zimbra_url\" class=\"yiv9902585880Object\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5169032\/rogers-arena-new-security-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5169032\/rogers-arena-new-security-system\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garrett.com\/securitysite\/security_division_en.aspx\">https:\/\/www.garrett.com\/securitysite\/security_division_en.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jon Azpiri\u00a0\u00a0Online News Producer \u00a0Global News April 15, 2019 WATCH: High-tech screening coming to Rogers Arena Rogers Arena is set to serve as a testing ground for new technology designed to enhance security at large public venues. Georgia-based Liberty Defense Ltd. announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding with Rogers Arena to test [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,103,706,705,562,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bc","category-canada","category-garrett","category-metal-detector","category-rogers-wireless_devices","category-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14912,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14909\/revisions\/14912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}