Unlike X-ray machines or radar instruments, the sensor doesn't have to generate a signal to detect objects –
Paul Berger, professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at Ohio State and head of the team that is developing...
(an) ambient radiation sensor.
The team that is making the antimonide sensor has succeeded in combining it with a camera system; the pictures look a lot like X-ray images, with bodies and clothing appearing as dim outlines and metal objects such as guns standing out in sharp relief.
~Stealth applications?
Posted by Cieciel at August 2, 2005 10:10 PM