Let's face it, nobody likes going through a security line at the airport, especially at one as busy as Toronto Pearson Airport.
Well, that can soon change in the coming months as Pearson is set to get some new security scanners that can quickly detect what's on you and if it's a threat or not.
In a news release posted on February 22, Liberty Defense, a company focused on threat detection solutions for concealed weapons, announced that they signed off for Toronto Pearson Airport to test out their fancy security tech, HEXWAVE later on in 2022.
In order to spot out concealed weapons (that are either metallic or non-metallic) in its security portal, HEXWAVE uses 3D radar imaging and AI to detect anything that can be hidden on someone going through.
As soon as this system is set up at Pearson, fliers won't even have to fish their cell phones or keys out of their pockets anymore because the high-tech security portal will be able to see exactly what's on you without a glitch.
"The HEXWAVE is planned to act as an additional layer of security at airports, extending the perimeter of the screened area to include the entrance to the airport itself," the CEO of Liberty Defense said in the announcement.
Pearson will be the very first airport across the world to try out this walkthrough security portal, too.
Narcity reached out to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority for additional comments but did not immediately hear back before this article was published.
