New Radar Can See Through Walls

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new kind of radar technology that could help soldiers by allowing them to see through solid walls. Radar, a method of detecting the position, movement, and nature of a remote object by means of reflected radio waves, is often impeded by concrete, which largely blocks the waves. However, by using short waves known as S-band waves and powerful signal amplifiers, the MIT team was able to get the signal to penetrate concrete and cinder-block walls and generate real-time videos of people moving behind them.

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