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Really, radio communication is about creating and transmitting those radio waves. Sign language relies on reflected light waves so it’s actually a form of RADAR 😀
I’ll have what you and OP are having.
what if i attach light bulbs to my hands
Ok, but technically, it would actually be more like LIDAR, since we use visible light rather than radio waves
Alas, RADAR relies on transmitting and then reading the reflected waves.
RADAR: RA(dio) D(etection) A(nd) R(anging)
It doesn’t rely on self transmission. It can but you can detect and range other sources without generating it yourself.
That’s just what the acronym means, it doesn’t describes the actual process. I don’t think there is a single RADAR that doesn’t have a transmitter. At that point it would just be a… radio.
Passive radar?
Fair enough, though I would argue that’s a very specific subtype of radar and anyone saying “radar” refers to the type that is used in 99.999% of the cases.
Yeah probably true. I only thought to look it up because I knew active and passive sonar was a thing.