Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi

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red_fish Associate Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 54 Good Answers: 1	Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/25/2017 2:42 PM
	WiFi can pass through walls. This fact is easy to take for granted, yet it’s the reason we can surf the web using a wireless router located in another room. However, not all of that microwave radiation makes it to or from our phones, tablets, and laptops. Routers scatter and bounce their signal off objects, illuminating our homes and offices like invisible light bulbs. Now, German scientists have found a way to exploit this property to take holograms, or 3D photographs, of objects inside of a room — from outside of the room. Read the Write up here Read the Paper Here
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/25/2017 3:44 PM
	Cheap Chinese knockoffs.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Brave Sir Robin Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Annapolis, Maryland Posts: 7940 Good Answers: 458	#5 In reply to #1 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/25/2017 11:27 PM
	Funny. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this. Sad part is, I remember seeing those ads in Popular Mechanics and other magazines way back when.
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redfred Guru Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15601 Good Answers: 981	#2 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/25/2017 4:15 PM
	Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean they're not really out to get you. __________________ "Don't disturb my circles." translation of Archimedes last words
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Rixter Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: About 4000 miles from the center of the earth (+/-100 mi) Posts: 9911 Good Answers: 1141	#3 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/25/2017 6:05 PM
	If you are trying to find out how many terrorists are inside, they are bound to notice you walking around the building with your antenna. And they have to be cooperative and remain stationary the whole time. (Actually, flying a drone around the building might not be a bad idea.)
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Andrew Westman Guru Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 2914 Good Answers: 115	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/25/2017 6:31 PM
	'Stationary' pretty much describes Congress. 'Domestic terrorists' seems to as well. A drone would probably go apeshit there.
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Dr. Harry Power-User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Brecksville, OH, USA Posts: 230 Good Answers: 1	#7 In reply to #4 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/26/2017 12:57 PM
	Is "Congress" the new definition of "Domestic Terrorist" ? Sounds about right!
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#8 In reply to #7 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/26/2017 1:01 PM
	You should expand on that to included all Washington DC politicians... and its been that way for awhile. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#6 Re: Scientists Have Found a Way to Photograph People Through Walls Using WiFi 05/26/2017 10:50 AM
	Works for me... __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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