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To: Red Badger

“But you could make out the shape of a person, or a dog on a couch. Really any object that’s more than 4 centimeters in size.”


Four centimeters today. Four microns tomorrow.


4 posted on 05/22/2017 10:24:05 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: Mr. Douglas

It’s probably related to the wave length, not sensitivity.

Size does matter.


6 posted on 05/22/2017 10:28:04 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Mr. Douglas
-- Four centimeters today. Four microns tomorrow. --

heheheh. But the limit of resolution is limited by the wavelength of the radiation used to "make the view." 2.4 GHz -> about 12.5 cm wavelength

7 posted on 05/22/2017 10:29:02 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Mr. Douglas

UWB does much higher resolution scanning today and can actually be useful. Ye canna break the laws’o physics, Jim...


20 posted on 05/22/2017 10:57:25 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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