Micropower impulse radar
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Micropower impulse radar is a low-power ultra wideband radar developed in the mid-1990s[1] at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, used for sensing and measuring distances to objects in proximity to each other.
Commercial applications include:
- Vehicles: parking assistance, backup warnings, pre-collision detection and smart cruise control (measures the distance to the vehicles in front of you and if they get too close, throttle is released and brakes are applied).
- Appliances: studfinders and laser tape measures.
- Security: home intrusion motion sensors and perimeter surveillance.
- Search and rescue: micropower impulse radar can detect the beating of a human heart or respiration from long distances.
External links
[edit]- "LLNL Engineering Micropower Impulse Radar Search and Rescue". LLNL Industrial Partnering and Technology Transfer Process. October 3, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-02-11.
- "Micropower Impulse Radar (MIR)". LLNL Industrial Partnerships Office.
- ^ Science & Technology Review January/February 1996 https://www.llnl.gov/str/pdfs/01_96.2.pdf
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