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| Israeli invention sees through walls |
| 2004-07-02 |
| EFL An Israeli firm has developed a breakthrough technology that can see through walls, WND has learned. First the Death Ray, now this! Camero, a small company based in Herzliya, Israel, 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. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #15 K... I need caffeine ;) chuncks = chunks and difference = distance.... ugh |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-07-02 4:58:17 PM |
| #14 I meant 3-10 Ghz... typo |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-07-02 4:56:06 PM |
| #13 My guesstimate on what makes UWB different and why it works this way is that because of the range it operates 3-20 GHz it is capable of penetrating walls and because it operates over a large range simultaneously (high bandwidth) it can create a 3D view since different chuncks of the frequency range will get reflected at different depths. How's that sound? ;) Btw, I don't see why it would require anymore power than a wireless communications transmission that would go the same difference... and according to what I've read that means this thing would work on about 1/10 of a single watt over 30 or so feet. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-07-02 4:55:23 PM |
| #12 LOL Ship. And just what did Mommy see? Peeping Toms and Perping Pauls take note of the new possibilities. |
| Posted by: Zpaz 2004-07-02 4:22:45 PM |
| #11 just a new technology for solving an already solved problem |
| Posted by: Dcreeper 2004-07-02 4:17:37 PM |
| #10 If this was North Korea, I think we could safely assume that this great civilization in human history had just invented the window, but since it's not . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-07-02 4:09:28 PM |
| #9 ground penetrating radar is already used widely in the US but getting good images, especially in rocky terrain has always been a problem it sometimes takes a number of radar passes and even then the image doesn't pick up some things The Israelis are pretty good at imaging technology so I wouldn't be surprized to see them push the envelope on this. Regarding the e-field. Woo hoo! |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-07-02 3:35:33 PM |
| #8 My mom had this device years ago. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-02 2:49:16 PM |
| #7 Equating cell phone use vs through-the-wall viewing in power consumption? Really? I'll check out your link - thx! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-02 12:40:41 PM |
| #6 Actually I've just done some research on ultra wide band and it seems to use very little power... estimates are that it could greatly increase our cell phone bandwidth while using close to 1/1000th of the power. Wild stuff. Apparently this see through the wall tech isn't a new idea for UWB either and there are probably many other companies with competing products coming out. Here's an overview from a couple of years ago http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_16/b3779107.htm It seems that the big hurdles have been the FCC and getting the process into something that could be put into a CMOS chip... both seem to be pretty much done now. |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2004-07-02 12:31:35 PM |
| #5 Think portability. Dollars to donuts this is a power-hungry system. When a man-portable option (or, at least, something you can hook onto a trailer hitch and drag around - for peace-time uses) becomes available, then you'll have something. I wonder... Betcha the Swedes will be all over this and claim that the "people" on the other side will be genetically harmed - 3-headed babies and such... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-02 10:21:50 AM |
| #4 Let's see. x-ray vision, a force field, and from last year, the gun that shoots around corners. This is getting very spooky. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-07-02 10:14:05 AM |
| #3 I thought that the more interesting comment in the article was the last paragraph: In addition, an Israeli security source told WND that Israel recently developed proprietary technology that can discreetly put an electronic field around a building or area that gives users the ability to monitor and control every electronic emission within that field, from electronic can openers to fax machines, computers and cell phones. Lots of uses for someting like that. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-07-02 9:27:37 AM |
| #2 Its been around for years. Look at TimeDomain.com. In addition there has been holographic radar since the early 70s that can do the same thing. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2004-07-02 9:13:44 AM |
| #1 Didn't they used to advertise this stuff in comic books when I was a kid? Zionist X-Ray Specs. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-02 9:12:54 AM |