Cell phones may be able to see through walls with new technology

[superpatriotman]

https://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/18-17231_New-Research-Could-Mean-Cellphones-That-Can-See-Th_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsHomePageCenterColumn

Comic book hero superpowers may be one step closer to reality after the latest technological feats made by researchers at UT Dallas. They have designed an imager chip that could turn mobile phones into devices that can see through walls, wood, plastics, paper and other objects.

The team’s research linked two scientific advances. One involves tapping into an unused range in the electromagnetic spectrum. The other is a new microchip technology.

Consumer applications of such technology could range from finding studs in walls to authentication of important documents. Businesses could use it to detect counterfeit money. Manufacturing companies could apply it to process control. There are also more communication channels available in terahertz than the range currently used for wireless communication, so information could be more rapidly shared at this frequency.

Terahertz can also be used for imaging to detect cancer tumors, diagnosing disease through breath analysis, and monitoring air toxicity.

[Ezlivin]

1. Can't wait until they can make calls through walls

I guess I'll have to start carrying around my own cell tower....

[NV Whino]

2. Yeah, if I ever get reception at my house, that would be cool.

[superpatriotman]

3. Like these?

[Johonny]

9. +1

[Zalatix]

4. A Peeper's or stalker's fucking paradise. GREEEEEEEAT.

What defenses do we have against this bullshit?

[superpatriotman]

5. underground bunkers

like the rightie cowards buy

[Zax2me]

6. How about applying it to TV remote receivers first

My remote DVR just has a fit of a time keeping up.

[Poll_Blind]

7. Wallhacks!

PB

[kentauros]

8. Hmm, looks like more science-fiction becomes reality,

albeit with different technology.

From the mind of Arthur C. Clarke (and written by Stephen Baxter): The Light of Other Days

The wormhole technology is first used to send digital information via gamma rays, then developed further to transmit light waves. The media corporation who develops this advance can spy on anyone anywhere it chooses. A logical development from the laws of space-time allows light waves to be detected from the past. This enhances the wormhole technology into a "time viewer" where anyone opening a wormhole can view people and events from any point throughout time and space.

When the technology is released to the general public, it effectively destroys all secrecy and privacy. The novel examines the philosophical issues that arise from the world's population (increasingly suffering from ecological and political disturbances) being aware that they could be under constant observation by anyone, or that they could observe anyone without their knowledge. Anyone is able to observe the true past events of their families and their heroes.