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Love it. This is a game mechanic / movie superhero device that's been around a long time, just love the fact that this does it so simply and with so much promis
by sudhirj 8y ago
Love it. This is a game mechanic / movie superhero device that's been around a long time, just love the fact that this does it so simply and with so much promise. As sensitivity and the quality of the neural net increases, combined with AR, this is going to make super soldiers out of SWAT teams.
- alexbeloi 8y agoI hope you're not doing anything illegal, citizen.
- gknoy 8y agoMaybe SWAT can use this to validate that it's actually the right house when serving a no-knock warrant. I'm cynical enough to feel like there's no way this is good for any of their targets, though. Edit: Kolpa makes a really good point! This seems like a really good counter to SWATting, where the claim is that someone is holding hostages or something -- this could pretty effectively demonstrate that to be false if they see one person in an apartment sitting at a computer.
- sudhirj 8y agoNo possible improvement to a SWAT team is ever good for a target. But I think this will prevent false positives a bit. Knowing the posture and stance of the people inside a room can help with where you aim as you go in.
- noonespecial 8y agoI'd be more afraid that they'd "fear for their lives" at every broomstick and fishing pole they saw through a wall and would start shooting before they even got to the door.
- John_KZ 8y agoThis. It's quite possible that if it looks like you're holding something, they'll just shoot through the wall before even entering.
- kinsomo 8y ago> Maybe SWAT can use this to validate that it's actually the right house when serving a no-knock warrant. How would a stick figure images help a SWAT team validate that they're at the right house? This could only help them by giving them a clue about where to point their guns once they bust down the door.
- kolpa 8y agoFor example, if they are expecting to find someone with several hostages, and they only find people lying in bed...
- renborg 8y agobut thermal imaging is already available without AI or WiFi..
- sudhirj 8y agoNot through walls. Radio penetrates a lot more than heat.
- bufferoverflow 8y agoThermal doesn't work through/around walls.
- namibj 8y agoYou might want to take a look at Big Clive's video about the radar motion detectors in Chinese E27 socket LED bulbs [0], which have become cheaper even back in mid-2016 than good old PIR motion detectors. The latter are basically a castrated Flir-style camera, the former closer to this. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdXRLjYkc4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdXRLjYkc4
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- warent 8y agoWas just thinking that this reminds me of the alien weapon in Perfect Dark: https://youtu.be/8DlVQ6OjRcA?t=6s https://youtu.be/8DlVQ6OjRcA?t=6s
- mLuby 8y agoPretty common in games actually: - Deus Ex: Human Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WoaLJ10ZB8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WoaLJ10ZB8 - GoldenEye: Rogue Agent https://youtu.be/EV8xxZec4j8?t=6m39s https://youtu.be/EV8xxZec4j8?t=6m39s
- musage 8y agoThose who still have a few brain cells to rub together, think of Anne Frank.
- wcunning 8y agoAnd this is why you build a shipping container house -- free Faraday cage, built right in. Not mention that it's not hard to convert shipping containers to meet California earthquake code, or so I've read.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago> Not mention that it's not hard to convert shipping containers to meet California earthquake code, or so I've read. Other than bolting crap down wouldn't that basically consist of making sure it won't tip over?
- beenBoutIT 8y agoAn earthquake could easily convert such a structure into a casket that 'respects your privacy' with no hope of dialing out for help.