Re: A new tool for in-building work

[Mike Fortey <forteymj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

LADAR is useful in the field too. With good software,
it could be used to pick out any sharp lines or
movement to detect snipers. In the air, LADAR is of
course unfeasable to electronically jam (Though chaff
still blanket jams). Big shake-ups are due in the
technology, but I never thought a hand-held LADAR
would be out so soon.

--- Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.org> wrote: >
Forwarded-By: roger@firedrake.org
> 
> From RISKS 21.25:
> 
> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 01:30:46 -0400
> From: Monty Solomon
> Subject: New flashlight sees through doors as well
> as windows
> 
> Police officers serving a warrant or searching for a
> suspect hiding 
> inside a building could soon have a new tool for
> protecting 
> themselves and finding the "bad guy."
> 
> A prototype device called the RADAR Flashlight,
> developed at the 
> Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), can detect a
> human's presence 
> through doors and walls up to 8 inches thick.
> 
> The device uses a narrow 16-degree radar beam and
> specialized signal 
> processor to discern respiration and/or movement up
> to three meters 
> behind a wall. The device can penetrate even heavy
> clothing to detect 
> respiration and movements of as little as a few
> millimeters.
> 
> http://unisci.com/stories/20012/0416015.htm
> 
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