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DIY Synthetic Aperture Radar

Posted by kdawson on from the be-the-first-on-your-block dept.

An anonymous reader lets us know about a DIY synthetic aperture radar built for $240 in parts (give or take). Here's PDF slideware from the Ph.D. student's research. "Using a discarded garage door opener, an old cordless drill, and a collection of surplus microwave parts, a high resolution X-band linear rail synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging system was developed for approximately $240 material cost. Entry into the field of radar cross section measurements or SAR algorithm development is often difficult due to the cost of high-end precision pulsed IF or other precision radar test instruments."

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  1. Aperture Science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The cake is a lie.

  2. Re:Old? by dsoltesz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's a couple links in the Pubs section that are recent (May and June 2010), but I'm not really certain those pubs add anything new to the content. I'm now beyond disappointed in Slashdot: breaking news posted hours after it stop being relevant; other news stories sometimes showing up a week later after the furor has passed, and everyone's forgotten about it and moved on; and now, news that is 3+ years old. Wow. Why am I here?

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