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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."
The US army is only good at blowing the crap out of something, not sneaking around and looking without being seen. Look at Iraq - if ever a theatre demanded tact and subtlety, this was it. How did they act? Terribly. Tens of thousands of innocent lives lost, and all that was gained was tunrning a country on its head, endangering everyone in the process.
Yes, it would be nice if Isreali soldiers didn't "need" to destroy the homes of civilians to catch alleged terrorists.
wonder why these guys did not participate in the DARPA Grand Challenge?
Disqualified for running over Palestenians.
Only people with something to hide have walls, sir!
I suppose their idea of privacy rights is to ban video cameras because they can be used to SEE THROUGH GLASS.
If you want privacy, it is YOUR job to keep up with the times. If you're not a criminal, you don't need privacy anyway!
This is just plain technophobia. The only reason the police are allowed to use video cameras and eyeballs is that they are everyday technology.
LUDDITES RULE THE U.S.A.
Oh goody. This might mean that the Israeli Defence Forces mightn't need to bulldoze quite so many Palestinian homes, offices, and schools looking for "tunnels" and "caches" and "terrorists".
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