| From: | Oliver McDonald <oliver@****.SPYDERNET.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Ultrasound vision |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:51:43 -0800 |
>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"?
My inclination, is yes, but only for a very short time, since the image processing
computers would simply subtract the single frequency noise. It would appear as a bright
flash to the user, and would thereafter register the ultra-sound users as a bright point.
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