Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hplabs!davis From: davis@hplabs.UUCP (Jim Davis) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Re: Where are radar detectors illegal? Message-ID: <1459@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 03:58:14 EST Article-I.D.: hplabs.1459 Posted: Sat Jan 19 03:58:14 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 10:43:32 EST References: <448@mhuxt.UUCP> <193@panda.UUCP> <258@enmasse.UUCP> <11551@gatech.UUCP> <4853@fortune.UUCP> <11581@gatech.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 36 I thought I would pass on some off the wall thoughts that came up in conversation with a friend. Of course, none of these imply anything about my employer, myself, or my friends. First, consider the applications of Stealth Technology to cars. Since we only have to look like thin air in two relatively small bands of the radar spectrum, it is not nearly the problem that making a plane disappear over a wide range of detecting frequencies is. (Good, I would not want to pay billions [bi-sagans, semi-sagans?] for my car.) We don't even have to look like empty air, it we simply design the car so that all of the radar energy reflects up, then it will be obvious that the car is there, but the police officer won't get any speed reading. Second, we could even advertise our presence. Think of two radar emitters on the car so that it will appear to be going 55 mph whenever the officer "shoots" it. (One doppler shifted down pointing forward, and one upshifter pointing backward.) Of course, the Electronic Countermeasures war would be on. The police would use (if they don't already) chirped signals, we would need smarter misleaders. ( Think of the help that this consumer interest would bring to the defense industries :-) ) Again I point out that these are simply flights of fancy and not meant to get me investigated by anybody with a TLA. -- ---------------------------------- Jim Davis (James W Davis) Email: {any_of_the_biggies} !hplabs!davis Arpa: davis%hp-labs@csnet-relay ----------------------------------