Sign language is just radio communication but on another frequency
Because you use light to communicate in sign language, and light is just an electromagnetic wave like radio but on another frequency. You just need to be in line of sight
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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.
unless you're communicating by waving glowsticks, it's passive radar
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.
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.