30th April 2021
11:28 am
30th April 2021
11:28 am
Electronic devices including smartphones and laptops could soon be used to ‘see’ in the dark using bat-like echolocation, claim researchers in Scotland.
Image: Glasgow University
The scientists at Glasgow University used the speakers and microphone from a laptop to generate and receive acoustic waves in the kilohertz range, and also used an antenna to do the same with radio-frequency sounds in the gigahertz range, collecting the data as a single person moved through a room. They simultaneously recorded data about the room using a time-of-flight camera which measures the dimensions of the room and provides a low-resolution image.