Micropower impulse radar

Micropower impulse radaris a low-powerultra widebandradardeveloped in the mid-1990satLawrence Livermore National Laboratory,used for sensing and measuring distances to objects in proximity to each other.

Commercial applications include:

• Vehicles: parking assistance, backup warnings, pre-collision detection and smartcruise control(measures the distance to the vehicles in front of you and if they get too close, throttle is released and brakes are applied).
• Appliances: studfinders and laser tape measures.
• Security: home intrusion motion sensors and perimeter surveillance.
• Search and rescue: micropower impulse radar can detect the beating of a human heart or respiration from long distances.

External links

• "LLNL Engineering Micropower Impulse Radar Search and Rescue".LLNLIndustrial Partnering and Technology Transfer Process. October 3, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-11.
• "Micropower Impulse Radar (MIR)".LLNL Industrial Partnerships Office.