Originally published February 19 2006
Radar scope will give troops another advantage
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a handheld radar scope that will alert troops clearing out buildings to people hiding in other rooms.
A new handheld radar scope from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) can provide troops with an ability that was formerly the province of science fictional superheroes alone---the ability to sense through up to 12 inches of concrete whether someone is in the next room.
The Radar Scope is expected to be in use in Iraq by spring of this year, according to DARPA's Edward Baranoski.
Weighing just 1.5 pounds, the device is about the size of a telephone handset and will cost about $1,000.
Waterproof and rugged, it runs on AA batteries.
Held up to a wall, users will be able to sense movements as small as breathing up to fifty feet into the next room.
"It may not change how four-man stacks go into a room (during clearing operations)," Baranoski said.
"But as they go into a building, it can help them prioritize what rooms they go into.
It will give them an extra degree of knowledge so they know if someone is inside."
Science fiction writers have been working on this idea for generations.
The antennae of the Life Detector atop the OP swept back and forth in a rythmic halfcircle like so many frozen sticks brittle with rime ice...
One operator - drugged to shivering wakefulness - stood watch in the OP.
The space around him was barely six feet in diameter, crammed with equipment, gridded screens glowing a pale green with spots that indicated living flesh.
Still, the handheld Radar Scope is a remarkable invention, and should make the task of searching buildings at least a bit less dangerous.
(This Science Fiction in the News story used with permission from Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction.)
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