The Pentagon Has Laser That Can Identify People from a Distance by Their Heartbeat

June 27th, 2019

It could be handy for mounting on killer robots.

Via: MIT Technology Review:

Everyone’s heart is different. Like the iris or fingerprint, our unique cardiac signature can be used as a way to tell us apart. Crucially, it can be done from a distance.

It’s that last point that has intrigued US Special Forces.

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A new device, developed for the Pentagon after US Special Forces requested it, can identify people without seeing their face: instead it detects their unique cardiac signature with an infrared laser. While it works at 200 meters (219 yards), longer distances could be possible with a better laser. “I don’t want to say you could do it from space,” says Steward Remaly, of the Pentagon’s Combatting Terrorism Technical Support Office, “but longer ranges should be possible.”

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One Response to “The Pentagon Has Laser That Can Identify People from a Distance by Their Heartbeat”

  1. dale says:
    June 29, 2019 at 8:32 pm

    This is absolutely cheery. Can I hold my breath to thwart it? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

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