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From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Ultrasound vision
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:25:00 -0700
For the mere cost of a Thaum, Adam Getchell wrote:
/
/ A future ultrasound sensor would probably take the form of a faceplate
/ (much like a welders) or dish that would incorporate solid state sensor
/ elements and overlay the image accordingly (especially if they could be
/ made of transparent forms of Gallium Arsenide).

Cool concept, and visually asthetic too (if you put a nice chrome finish
on the faceplate :)

Question: what would happen if the sensors where targeted by an ultrasound
sight? I'm envisioning a character using this and suddenly finding himself
targeted by a weapon mounting an active ultrasound scope. Would the
sensors be "blinded"?

-David B.
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