This quantum radar could image buried objects
MIT Technology Review - AI
Aug 11, 2025 09:00
Sophia Chen
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Summary
Physicists have developed a prototype quantum radar that uses a cloud of atoms to detect reflected radio waves, potentially enabling improved underground imaging. As a quantum sensor, this technology leverages quantum-mechanical properties for enhanced measurement accuracy. Its advancement could lead to more precise data collection methods, benefiting AI applications in geophysical analysis and subsurface exploration.
Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using a cloud of atoms in a glass cell to detect reflected radio waves. The radar is a type of quantum sensor, an emerging technology that uses the quantum-mechanical properties of objects as measurement devices. It’s still a prototype, but its…