Phoenix UAV can sense you breathing

[lodewijk andré de la porte]

Does my breathing produce rf signals? Infrared due to the heat but
that doesn't really penentrate walls all too well.

Anyway, time to wrap the HQ in aluminium foil.

2011/3/23 Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20045941-1.html
>
> March 22, 2011 1:18 PM PDT
>
> Phoenix UAV can sense you breathing
>
> by Tim Hornyak
>
> Up, up, and away: Phoenix40-A takes to the skies after casing a building.
>
> (Credit: TiaLinx)
>
> Just when you thought you might be able to outrun the Cougar20-H surveillance
> robot that can detect human breathing, developer TiaLinx has launched a
> flying version that can do the same.
>
> The Phoenix40-A is a mini-UAV with six rotors that can detect motion and
> breathing when searching for hidden people.
>
> Like the Cougar20-H, it has an ultra-wideband radio frequency sensor array
> and can also detect motionless live objects. It also has video cameras for
> site surveillance.
>
> Developed with U.S. Army funding, the Phoenix unmanned aerial vehicle can be
> remotely controlled from ground or air with a laptop or joystick, and can fly
> to multiple GPS points on its missions.
>
> The flying robot's RF array can penetrate concrete walls from "an extended
> range," according to TiaLinx, which is based in Newport Beach, Calif.
>
> Other skills include providing the layout of a multistory building and
> scanning roads for unexploded ordnance.
>
> Skynet might dig that, but the Phoenix could also be deployed in humanitarian
> missions. It could work in disasters such as earthquakes to scan for
> survivors, or even find landmines in former war zones.
>
> Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20045941-1.html#ixzz1HQWyNIOH