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Military Device Will Sense Through Concrete Walls
Juha-Matti Laurio writes "DefenseLINK News is reporting that 'troops conducting urban operations soon will have the capabilities of superheroes, being able to sense through 12 inches of concrete to determine if someone is inside a building.' By simply holding the portable, handheld device named a "Radar Scope" up to a wall, users will be able to detect movements as small as breathing. The Radar Scope hopes to eventually give troops the ability to see up to 50 feet beyond a concrete wall to decrease losses in urban combat."
... as the beeps get nearer and nearer... then THEY should be in to room... look UP to the false ceiling!!!!
Magic.
oh my god america is tottally wallhacking, kickban them from the server
*kicked from international conflict*
... but can it see through my tin foiled walls?
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"Troops conducting urban operations soon will have the capabilities of superheroes, being able to sense through 12 inches of concrete to determine if someone is inside a building....by simply holding the portable, handheld device named a "Radar Scope" up to a wall" When they can leap tall buildings in a single bound, get back to me.
This is hardly innovative. It's one of the first things you can research in X-Com, and that game came out in like 1992!
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can we use it to see 1/8 inch beneath that tight sweater?
Applicable countermeasures:-
cat
dog
pendulum
lava lamp
furby
I bet DARPA won't let us "private secor" folk make it useful though. You know: "because people could use it for terror and someone might be killed by that terrorist.
Yeah, and I'd bet those terrorists would just latch onto that DARPA thing they called the "entarnet" or something like that. Too bad we'll never get to use it.
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OMG WALLHACK!!
Microwaves. Very high powered, narrowly focused microwaves. You switch the unit on, put it to the wall, and if you hear a loud "OWWWWWWW!" from the other side of the wall, there's someone there.
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Canadian, eh?
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Hi, could someone stop by my house and demo the device for me? I have a few pesky mice that I want to get rid of. I'm hoping it can detect the little varmints breathing too and not just humans. Oh yeah, and if you can grab that darn neighborhood skunk that nukes my house in the summer from time to time, I throw in a bonus. Thanks so much.
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