Friday, 18. October 2002
Topic: - on October 18, 2002 at 11:56:19 PM CEST
X-Ray Vision for G.I. Joe
The US Army can see through walls.
Point the SoldierVision unit from Time Domain at a wall, for example, "and what you see is an outline of the room behind, with people showing up as yellow blobs," explains Ralph Petroff, CEO of the Huntsville (Ala.) UWB pioneer. The system is designed to focus on "large bags of salty water, which is what humans are," he adds. But metallic objects, such as guns, show up as blue. So a yellow blob with a blue streak "could be cause for concern," says Petroff.
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