Radar Love

One of my old thesis partners from the University of Manitoba did a great job of putting together a compact little website that details our final research efforts from the insane final year of Engineering. This little self-enclosed radar box was designed, constructed, and tested all for less than around $2000. Using mostly free samples, and a lot of theory, we came up with a device that was able to detect human beings through a 1" thick wall. Before you think it's strange, consider the benefits to search and rescue under fallen buildings, smoke engulfed rooms, or even police entry. We went on to present our work at an IEEE design competition in Rochester, New York, and were voted the "Best Presentation" by representatives from many of the top Universities in the US. I don't think that all of the links work on the site, but there are some cool photo's of the PCBs I designed. The full .pdf report used to be available, but I think you've got to send an email now. Anyhow, great to see this site up, I still can't believe all the work.

On another note, there is another liftoff coming up sometime Thursday afternoon/evening in Canada, which should be viewable on the net. Keep posted for the exact time, or just check out the website. Launch site is in Kourou, French Guiana, and the Ariane rocket payload actually has 3 separate spacecraft stacked on top of each other in the nose cone. Should be a heavy lift.