You Can See Through Walls With This Device That Fits in Your Backpack
- Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:15pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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A device that lets you see through walls has been developed by a British company as the first of its kind. The device, called the Prism 200c, is small enough to fit inside a backpack. According to The Daily Mail, “The Prism 200c looks through solid objects then displays an image of what is on the other side on a hand-held screen.”
The Daily Mail has more details:
Makers Cambridge Consultants expect it will be used by law enforcement agencies, emergency services or soldiers in ‘high-risk and hostile situations with minimal time and very narrow margin for error’.
The Prism can see through wood, concrete or bricks and gives a 3-D image of any movement inside the building.
Users stand with their back to the wall as the machine scans using ultra-wideband radio frequencies then look at the display to see what is going on.
The machine can also be linked up remotely to computers so commanders back at base know what is going on.
Ultra-wideband, also known as pulse radio, is very hard to detect and is able to work in a large area.
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Comments (85)
Jimster123
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:47pmThey are going to have to remake the movie, “Porkys” and use this in a few scenes!
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:47pmThe thing isn’t seeing through walls, and it isn’t x-ray vision. All it really is is a motion sensor, they just used a type of radio wave that can penatrate walls more readily.
You could render the device useless with a layer of tin foil.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:15pmSo we look for the room with the tin foil walls?
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:41pmIt sees us as blobs? We americans are getting fat. The Brits are much thinner cause their food stinks.
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:58pmHuh. I’ve been watching way to much TV. I thought we were more advanced than THAT.
Report Post »PalinPal
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:57pmVery Cool ~ I was worried that they could actually see people. So good to know they just show up as small blobs. Privacy is an issue with me in my own home . I would hate to know that some machine could actually see me living my life peacefully behind closed doors. Tracking me as a blob makes me feel so much secure. Isn’t is amazing all the new ways that the govenment is finding to track, store and use such hopefully useless information. And Hopefully new jobs are being created.
Report Post »NowNece
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 11:18pmI have the same problem and I suspect my neighbor have one similar to this…I hope that there isnt anything like that on the market…that can see through walls crystal clear… I share your thoughts…the horrible thing about these type of technology is that it is usually used for uses other than official use…Like how does a civilian get his/her hands on such an item…
Report Post »Daggett
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:52pmA company I worked for in the ’80s was already doing stuff like this. Digital signal processing lets you do all kinds of spy stuff.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:48pmCan we use it to see how many illegals the Dems can fit in a voting booth?
Report Post »reckless
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:48pmCan I use it to locate the Dutchman’s Lost Silver Mine?
Report Post »NEAF
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:47pmThat is nothing! 4 years ago I went to an Special Operation Expo and believe me they have some crazy stuffs. They have better equipment where you can see (x-ray) behind a concret wall.
Report Post »Cheetosareus
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:41pmI think this will save lives..maybe. Northrupt Grumman has a new bomb that can be carried in a backpack. It flies and contains cameras the operator can see targets and direct the thing to strike. It’s called Switchblade.
Report Post »Tipdog
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:39pmI don’t know what the big deal is, Rainbow Six has had something like this since Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game. ;)
Report Post »marine249
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:34pmin holders or obama hands I don’t think so
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:33pmOld news.
Report Post »mcmanus181
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:31pmcan’t really tell alot from dots on the screen
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:48pm3 people = 3 dots = therefore 3-D Got it??
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:30pmOur military could really use this puppy!
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:19amOur military is way past this technology.. Try MRI imaging through walls using a portable unit.. Think they can’t do that.? Laser imaging that can actually show the size and sex of an individual through walls and at distance, and show weaponry they may have?
Soon as the military has no more need for it it will become some kind of new discovery..
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:28pmnow they can take a census without us knowing about it….
Report Post »Voice-O-Reason
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:27pmlooks like Pong to me.
Report Post »islandlady
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:26pmWonderful if your trying to catch a cheating spouse! Sorry, Just trying to look at the positive.
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:03amAnd a cheating spouse is positive how?
Report Post »ozzie
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:23pmThey copied that from Halo
Report Post »CatholiConservative
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:22pmCoolstuff
Report Post »smak
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:22pmMisleading headline. The machine doesn’t see through walls.
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:01amThats right.. It’s radar, not x-ray..Should be a dead giveaway..
Report Post »BonnieBlueFlag
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:22pm“Makers Cambridge Consultants expect it will be used by law enforcement agencies…”
This could be a wonderful tool for officer safety *provided they have a warrant.*
I hope they do not intend to use this for evidence collection as that would violate the 4th amendment as has already been ruled regarding infrared heat sensing.
Report Post »krjones
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:21pmwonderful more big brother
Report Post »anutter
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:20pmWhat fun toys.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:17pmOh just great!
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:21pmI want a pair of glasses like this , finally x-ray vision have arrived !!
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:27pmNo kidding, now when they bust down your door to put you in a homeland concentration camp for your beliefs of freedom, they’ll have an easier time doing it.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:40pmYou may change your tune when the EMT uses it to save your @ss sometime….never know…just yesterday we were talking about 911!!! GEE Don’t you think we could have used this to find someone???
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:43pmThat will be the government’s excuse for buying them, then when the time comes they’ll be used against those to stand up for revolution.
Report Post »I won’t change my tune, because I was perfectly happy knowing my chances of survival in an emergency without that device, but thanks anyway.
8jrts
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:49pmVet with Vendetta
Report Post »Where there’s a way to see wounded, there’s a way to block it as well. Just think that it could be used for good. But you do have a point…government warps everything.
Dale
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:50pmhersey10;
Report Post »“I want a pair of glasses like this , finally x-ray vision have arrived !!”
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Then I want a blue suit and red cape!
UNITEDWESTAND
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:52pmOh well, as technology progresses more and more of what has been considered privacy probably will go away. One day I would not be surprised if buying ‘x-ray’ glasses would be a common good. However, in the free marketplace, there will always be inventions that protect peoples privacy. I suggest all walls in the future should be lined with lead.
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:55pmAnd this can be used in conjunction with sniper rounds that can penetrate concrete walls to kill the target.
When does technology go too far?
Report Post »UNITEDWESTAND
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 10:58pmBy the way, the Daily Mail description is misleading. This particular product does NOT display a 3-D image, according to the video, it only displays a point representing a person on a 2-D plane. I am more worried about the x-ray cars the government purchased recently.
Report Post »randy
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:00pmYeah well, I can put a drinking glass up to a wall and hear what’s going on in the other room :)
Report Post »staggerlee32
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:02pmI bought a pair of glasses that did that out of the back of Boys Life in 1972.
Report Post »Finch88
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:06pmWow the day of X ray Vision glasses is here.
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Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:16pmRemember this works both ways…………….. you could see them coming
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:29pmLooks like those heartbeat sensors in COD MW2.
Report Post »70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:37pmI got ny x-ray glasses in 1970. If the military asked I would have lent them my pair. You can get yours here for just $1.00. http://chawedrosin.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/x-ray-specs/
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:52pm40 years ago I spent $10 on something similar. That comic book lied to me!!!!! This gadget will save lives. Yes of course it can be used for “evil” purposes. But it can also save a lot of U.S. & allied lives when we really decide to go after the radicals where they live.
Report Post »brliantedj
Posted on May 3, 2011 at 11:59pmRadar detector for this on the way. You just know technology works both ways.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 12:06amIt’s radar, detects movement, not infrared, not photographic, just movement. Very easy to defeat. If they can‘t see you because you aren’t moving, give them what they will think is you in another room, a dummy on a model car. It cab be used against the use, not useful in it’s present tech level.
Report Post »carnifex
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 3:50amFor a scary look into the future, try “the Light of Other Days”, a dis-topian look at what would happen to our society if all privacy was eliminated through technology. First being lauded as a remarkable tool for history, and criminal prosecution. Older generations killing themselves when past sins are revealed. The middle generations using it for tittillation, and the rise of extreme prudishness to prevent that tittilation, Younger generations accepting it as normality. And the ones born to it, ignoring it as just another fact of life- heh, so what? Sort of like camera phones.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 4:19amI bought many pairs of xray glasses when I was a kid…they wer all defective, i didnt see one boobie…
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 6:03amtime to buy some inflatable dummies. At least that way, they will have fun trying to know which dots are me and my family.
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 6:10amOoooo, It’ll be in the hands of governement (law enforcement) and military. Let‘s see what’s wrong with that …. It’ll be in the hands of Patriots who are sworn to defend the Constitution of the United States. When an administration starts giving Union members Brown Shirt powes, then you should be afraid. Until then, get over yourselves, especially those here who claim to be Vets, like me.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:13amhersey10, glasses like that have been around for yeas. I used to see them advertised in Superman comic books what I was eight. That was in the days before Superman was a traitor.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:45amYAY Now that Bin Ladin is “dead”…again…the TSA and Military will be peeking through your walls looking for Al Awlaki, who had meetings with top level officials in the Pentagon!!!
False-flag-pretense-invasion of privacy coming to a neighborhood near you!
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 8:47amCmon, guys!!
Where’s your American Spirit?!?!
SUPPORT THE TROOPS AS THEY PEER THROUGH YOUR FREAKIN HOUSE!!
IF YOU DON’T, THEN YOU’RE UNAMERICAN AND YOU HATE OUR TROOPS!
LAY DOWN AND TAKE THAT SCAN UP YOUR POSTERIOR!!!
HOOAH!
Report Post »Avidmonkey
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 9:33amI see Inky, Blinky, Pinky. In walked Clyde. Now they just need a Pac Man running around the screen gobbling up the bad guys.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 2:30pmAnd then, of course, there’s the LESS EXPENSIVE DRILL!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on May 4, 2011 at 10:24pmIt doesn’t matter to me. I know a system, a world, such as the direction they are taking it can not last, and either they will destroy most life on earth or God himself will. And, I’ll be back, but most of the violators of Liberty, or those whom blindly follow along, will not be back on earth, neither in heaven. Because in “These Days” there is a reason that there is so many people, because all the dead are living and it’s interesting how it coincides with the exact same time frame that Satan is released from captivity, because hell has given up the dead.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 3:33pmLet me look inside the Federal Reserve with it and Fort Knox and see if they have my damned gold bullion.
I bet they can’t detect THAT.
Can they detect where the hell 2.3 trillion went missing in the Pentagon when Rumsfeld was still around?
No…..
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