Tiddly camera sees through clothing
I see that's not a gun in your pocket
By INQUIRER newsdesk: Tuesday 28 November 2006, 15:17
RICH PERVERTS REJOICE, for there's new technology in town under
development which may well be able to see right under clothing. Of
course, it's designed for security purposes, but one can't help but
ponder on privacy problems the technology could cause.
Researchers at Northrop-Grumman Space Technology are working on
tiny little cameras which will be able to peek right through
clothing and other materials to check blokes and blokettes for
weapons or other dodgy goods. The technology's called passive
millimeter-wave or PMMW technology, and will also be used to see
through heavy clouds on rainy days, also for security and
surveillance purposes, says the EE Times.
As it stands, the technology at the moment only provides "somewhat
fuzzy" greyscale images, so it may not be time to worry about your
bits and bobs being seen at every airport on the planet just yet.
However, the researchers are trying to work on improving the image
quality.
The blokes behind the technology are likening the technology to
made up gizmos used in sci-fi flick Total Recall. The team will
present more information on the technology at the International
Solid-State Circuits Conference, or ISSCC, held on the 12th of
February, 2007. ยต