RIKEN's new pocket-size terahertz scanner can see things through clothes without harmful radiation.

RIKEN Institute has created a new terahertz scanner that can use to find the things that are hidden in clothes. Those terahertz scanners don't need harmful radiation like X-ray-based systems. Another thing is that the Terahertz radiation-based system doesn't need to get objects between them like some Gamma- X- or radio-wave-based systems. The gamma-ray-based systems require a gamma-ray source that is on the opposite side of the building than the sensor.

The infrared-based sensors like cell phones with IR cameras can see hidden guns through clothes against the body temperature. A combination of a terahertz-scanner and IR and regular cameras are the best way to search and recognize people, who has a possible knife or gun in a public place. The combination system that used multiband EM systems can take the image of the suspect and share it with entire systems.

"RIKEN researchers have developed a handheld device that effectively uses the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum for ‘X-raying’ objects without harmful radiation. By optimizing certain techniques and utilizing specific materials, they significantly improved terahertz wave power output and miniaturized the device. The technology promises various applications including non-destructive imaging and quantum research, with industrial collaborations underway". (ScitechDaily.com/Palm-Sized Powerhouse: RIKEN’s Handheld Terahertz Device to “X-Ray” Things Without Harmful Radiation)

The police street patrols can use that kind of tool. And if that scanner is installed in quadcopters that system can fly around the suspected person. And then look if there is something illegal hidden in clothes.

But developers can mount that system to quadcopters or even killer drones. The police version of those killer drones can use tear gas, fentanyl, acoustic systems, or electric arrows to neutralize. The AI-based system can mark and even neutralize a person with a gun or explosives hidden in clothes. The same system that detects unauthorized things that a person hides can use also in a warzone. The system can search for people who have hidden guns or some other hidden equipment.

https://scitechdaily.com/palm-sized-powerhouse-rikens-handheld-terahertz-device-to-x-ray-things-without-harmful-radiation/?expand_article=1

Comments

Chinese innovations and space lasers are interesting combinations.

Above: "Tiangong is China's operational space station located in low Earth orbit. (Image credit: Alejomiranda via Getty Images)" (Scpace.com, China's space station, Tiangong: A complete guide) Chinese are close to making nuclear-powered spacecraft. Almost every day, we can read about Chinese technical advances. So are, the Chinese more innovative than Western people? Or is there some kind of difference in culture and morale between Western and Chinese societies? The Chinese superiority in hypersonic technology is one of the things that tells something about the Chinese way of making things. In China, the mission means. And the only thing that means is mission. That means that things like budgets and safety orders are far different from Western standards. If some project serves the Chinese communist party and PLA (People's Liberation Army) that guarantees unlimited resources for those projects. Chinese authorities must not care about the public opinion. If we th

Iron Dome is one of the most effective air defense systems.

The Iron Dome is a missile defense system whose missiles operate with highly sophisticated and effective artificial intelligence. The power of this missile defense base is in selective fire. The system calculates the incoming missile's trajectory. And it shoots only missiles that will hit the inhabited area. The system saves missiles and focuses defense on areas that mean something. The system shares the incoming missiles in, maybe two groups. Another is harmless and another is harmful. Things like killer drones are also problematic because their trajectories are harder to calculate than ballistic missiles. The thing that makes drones dangerous is that they can make masks for ballistic missiles. And even if those drones are slow, all of them must be shot down. The thing is that the cooperation between drone swarms and ballistic missiles is the next danger in conflict areas. In the film, you can see how drones make light images of the skies. The killer drones can also carry LED li

The innovative shield that protects OSIRIS-APEX can also protect the new hypersonic aircraft.

"NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft successfully completed its closest solar pass, protected by innovative engineering solutions and showing improvements in onboard instruments. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab" (ScitechDaily, Innovative Engineering Shields NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX During Close Encounter With the Sun) The OSIRIS-APEX probe travels close to the sun. The mission plan is to research the sun. And especially find things that can warn about solar storms. Solar storms are things that can danger satellites at the Earth orbiter. And the purpose of OSIRIS-APEX is to find the method of how to predict those solar storms. Another thing is that the OSIRIS-APEX tests the systems and materials that protect this probe against heat and plasma impacts. The same technology. The researchers created for OSIRIS-APEX can used in the materials and structures. That protects satellites against nuclear explosions. That means this kind of system delivers information on how to prot

Interesting and futuristic innovations

Search This Blog