Recent news from CNET has brought us new and interesting project from DARPA. The national R&D State Purse is funding R&D on novel ways of looking inside the concrete buildings, including basements. Forget about the privacy,the "my house my castle" etc. and such medieval passè notions.
It should allow to detect human and presumably animal presence inside the concrete structure at a resolution of up to 1 yard (approx. 1m). At the same time it should differentiate presence of women and children for those of insurgents. How is it going to do that with above resolution is not clear at this point. At least an effort is being made to lower the collateral damage.
I am very found of other DARPA projects, specifically the driver less car, able to drive around random and moving obstacles. That was fun last year watching even car makers amongst many university and private enterprises. Something is moving in the right direction. GM, Mercedes-Benz and Honda are probably leading this field.
This technology for sure is going to lead to fewer deaths on the road.
This DARPA funded technology could be used also in buses, lorries, trucks and possibly other means of transportation.
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