NYPD Testing Remote Gun Detection Technology Using Terahertz Waves
Monday, 23rd January 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: clothing, Defense Department, detection, gun, infrared, new, NYPD, object, technology, terahertz, york
Written by: Craig Hunter
According to a statement this week from the New York City Police Foundation, it is currently developing and testing new technology designed to detect secured weapons from a distance in conjunction with the Defense Department.
A report from the The New York Times said the technology works as a “reverse infrared mapping tool by reading the energy people emit and pinpointing where that flow is blocked by some object, like a gun”. Physics professor John Federici who talked to Huffington Post said the technology is known as terahertz imaging detection. Continue reading “NYPD Testing Remote Gun Detection Technology Using Terahertz Waves” »
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