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New Radar Sees Through Walls
artemis67 writes "A small Israeli company has developed a radar system that uses ultra-wideband technology to produce three-dimensional pictures of the space behind a wall from a distance of up to 20 meters. The pictures, which reportedly resemble those produced by ultrasound, are relatively high-resolution and are produced in real time. Wow, it sounds like the potential benefits of this device are huge, saving lives of soldiers, firemen, or police; the potential for privacy invasion, however, is similarly large."
... next time I read the newest Playboy mag at home - LOL
Now if we can just condense this technology into a pair of glasses ...
This stuff will never penetrate my Tin Foil Apartment!
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
When I was a kid, I ordered the X-Ray vision glasses advertised in the back of my comic book. I was not pleased with the results.
Seriously, this sort of thing might be great for our soldiers in the field, and in my little optimistic heart I'd really like to think that something like this could exist in our country without being abused by the "Total Law Enforcement" crowd. I mean, the US *should* be able to operate that way, what with having Constitutional protections and all that.
Given what's been going on recently, however, it seems like only a matter of time before somebody justifies using it on Americans on the grounds of terrorism prevention (after which, of course, everything will become terrorism of one kind or another). I mean, the USA is suddenly in the business of above-the-law prison camps, war without end and other awful little things like abusing the prisoner (in a non-masterbatory context), and all it took to get us to this point was the deaths of 3000 Americans.
Does anyone really doubt that looking through the walls of people's homes will be next?
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
wow, a glowing blob, what an invasion of privacy.
the Department of Homeland Security advises citizens to stop using walls.
Railguns + Wallhacks = those spiffy guns from Eraser...
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
Next thing you know, the gamers will want devices to let them see through walls.
Every counter-strike wall hacker would agree with you.
wallhackers!
You modded this funny, but just wait till the police get their hands on this and start busting highschool and college parties. Think of the next generation. Think of the children. No more underage drinking, no more makeout sessions at the movies... what about when your mom gets one of these and catches you jerking off in the basement from outside the house. Yea, that's when the /. crowd will start saying "ummm... maybe this wasn't so cool"
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Take this story with a huge grain of salt. WND is not a very reliable news source. It's right up there with NewsMax and Washington Times as lunatic fringe pseudojournalism.
Right; be sure to check with FrontLine, The Nation and Xinhua first ...
You could actually look for the houses with the tinfoil.
Weakling:
Captain, of the 65 houses we scanned yesterday with the nondescript van, these two had some sort of shielding.
Gruffo:
"Obviously they have somehting to hide. Send your best team and put cameras in every room."
Weakling:
"What about a warrant, Sir?"
Gruffo:
"We'll get it. There's reason to believe these people are terrorists trying to build a dirty bomb..."
Weakling:
"Yes Sir!"
(snaps his heels sharply and salutes)
"Piter, too, is dead."
You should see the viewing apparatus for this device: It's a pair of black horn-rims with swirls on the lenses...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
This device can tell someone how many people are in your house and give them some big hints about what they are doing (on blob on top of another, etc).
This could mean the beginning of a whole new type of porn. I can see the popups: "Blobs doing things you never thought blobs could do!!! Subscribe to the BEST blob porn in the Internet!!!"
Ok, I'll go take a cold shower now.
-- Repeat with me: "There is no right to profits".
Probably glass walls.
PFY Tech walking along reading the ground facing radar:"Gopher skeleton, pottery, pottery, building wall... Hey, I think we've got some neolithic skeletal human remains over here!"
Professor in charge of the dig:"Finally some proof of actual neolithic habitation."
The supervisory tech was is now looking over the PFY techs shoulder:"False alarm, Everybody. It's just another buried mafia hit man. Remember jr, neolithic's didn't get buried with their guns and 1980 chevy malibu..."
[Now, I'm off to lift my le... Um, visit... at another place.]
Now, will they be able to sell it for $3.98 through the back of comic books?
Just think about putting this thing on like a helicopter...then also put some ultra-sensative microphones on it so you could also listen through the walls...
Then have like a "whisper" mode on the helicopter so you could hover in relative silence while surveilling the structure that you happen to be..um...surveilling.
Have a JAFO onboard to be in charge of the taping (to half inch videotape) and working the cameras.
We could call this Helicopter something catchy...like "Red Lightening" or "Thunder Blue" or something like that...we'll think of something...
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
I'll happily disagree with you just as soon as I figure out what you just said.
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
It's called a 'window'.
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"I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything that I thought it could be."
During WW2, civilians were legitimate military targets.
Not really. The factories churning out military equipment (including the components thereof, like ball-bearings) were the targets, as were transportation hubs (rail yards, docks), they just happened to be in areas surrounded by lots of civilians, and "precision bombing" was an oxymoron. (Unguided gravity bombs dropped from aircraft, with lousy navigation systems, that were being shot at.)
-- Alastair
> Is he drinking coffee or is he getting off looking at child porn?
That all depends... is he drinking the coffee in quick little sips over and over again, drinking faster and faster until he appears to spill some coffee and reach for some napkins to clean it up?
Then he's just drinking coffee.
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