Wireless Network Modded To See Through Walls

KentuckyFC writes "The way radio signals vary in a wireless network can reveal the movement of people behind closed doors, say researchers who have developed a technique called variance-based radio tomographic imaging which processes wireless signals to peer through walls. They've tested the idea with a 34-node wireless network using the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless protocol (the personal area network protocol employed by home automation services such as ZigBee). The researchers say that such a network could be easily distributed by the police or military wanting to determine what's going on inside a building. But such a network, which uses cheap off-the-shelf components, might also be easily deployed by your neighbor or anybody else wanting to monitor movements in your home."

Comments

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[PalmKiller]

Sounds like another vote for that new aluminum oxide radio signal killing paint.

OK I'll paint my house...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmmm... where can I buy some cans of Aluminum Oxide paint?

Re:Oh noes!

[Ranzear]

Or you can just paint your house with aluminum oxide