Seeing Through Walls 163
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at MIT's Lincoln Lab have developed new radar technology that provides real-time video of what's going on behind solid walls. 'The researchers’ device is an unassuming array of antenna arranged into two rows — eight receiving elements on top, 13 transmitting ones below — and some computing equipment, all mounted onto a movable cart. But it has powerful implications for military operations, especially "urban combat situations," says Gregory Charvat, technical staff at Lincoln Lab and the leader of the project.' ... each time the waves hit the wall, the concrete blocks more than 99 percent of them from passing through. And that’s only half the battle: Once the waves bounce off any targets, they must pass back through the wall to reach the radar’s receivers — and again, 99 percent don’t make it. By the time it hits the receivers, the signal is reduced to about 0.0025 percent of its original strength. But according to Charvat, signal loss from the wall is not even the main challenge. "[Signal] amplifiers are cheap," he says. What has been difficult for through-wall radar systems is achieving the speed, resolution and range necessary to be useful in real time (PDF).'"
Re:Aluminum Foil (Score:4, Insightful)
In the future, I guess snipers will have to carry a $ 5 roll of aluminum foil, to block the multimillion dollar real time radar.
Which would shine conspicuously in the radar beam. That's where I'd shoot.
Re:Aluminum Foil (Score:4, Insightful)
Crinkle it up.
Fourth Amendment vs DHS (Score:2, Insightful)
This technology is unconstitutional. I have zero faith the arrogant slashdot crowd to actually comprehend it until it's too late. It's all fun and games until someone's eye get's put out.
The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, which is a type of general search warrant, in the American Revolution. Search and arrest should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court, usually by a law enforcement officer, who has sworn by it.
The only people working on this are future treasonous oath breakers. The same ones who allowed the banksters to steal our monetary system, the same ones who allow electronic voting, sound weapons, fios splitters, wiretapping, and all the other full spectrum of unconstitutional bullshit.
If you think I am full of shit, explain to me why I should obligated to obey any law coming from the establishment when the establishment doesn't follow any rule of law anymore, and in fact promotes fraud, theft and murder? This is the exact reason the economy won't recover, the trust has been purged completely from the system along with peoples life savings, all at the same time the establishment cracks down on the small guy protesting, not one motherfucking bankster has gone to Ft. Leavenworth.
I am an honorably discharged veteran, I might not be the smartest fucker in the world, but I know treasonous oath breaking shit when I see it. You want this country to recover, you better start putting the oath breaking officials and their punk ass fucking foreign and corporate CEO friends and their agenda's and treaties in Ft. Leavenworth.
This is the path to darkness, death, destruction and marital law. and if it goes mainstream, you can be sure taxpayers will pay for their own incarceration and targeting.
The path to light, life, health and a constitutional republic will only be reached if the Oliver North's, the Negropontee's are flushed from the Pentagon, NSA, CIA and halls of power. The DHS will need to be de-activated as it is in 100% opposition to the US Constitution. The banks who have over leveraged must fail, their CEO's imprisoned for fraud, theft, and treason (for the Senators who swore an oath to regulate the monetary system)
If you don't care about the US Constitution, or rule of law, then frankly you aren't my friend (you are actually my sworn enemy) and I don't give a shit about your fucking life, I mean you are really only one little tiny law away from being on a hit list. Even if you think I am wrong, the fact I am wired to think it; should scare the crap out of your arrogant educated asshole. So go see your shrink, and know I know my place in the universe bitch.
It's all fun and games until someone get's their eye put out.
Would you like this technology used on your daughter, son, mother, father or wife, husband, or pet?
How about you fucking arrogant educated assholes take your "see through walls tech" to Fukushima, and help them fix the problem? No? It won't work?
This technology is useless except for enslavement of humans. All you laughing fools, giggling nerds, are the future slaves.
You lazy motherfuckers couldn't even stop electronic voting.
Re:Aluminum Foil (Score:4, Insightful)
Or maybe the $10 microwave detector so when they get an alarm they start shooting at the truckload of equipment outside their house.