Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video]

Post by api » Mon, May 04, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC

2ndorderthought wrote: post #26

resters wrote: post #12

More likely, the story is designed to make the public believe that US propaganda is actually aimed at the "foreign adversary" rather than at the US population. The emotionally appealing bit is the idea that even if the story is fake, Iran is now thinking it is dealing with an adversary that has and is using tech that is right out of science fiction. In reality, it's all aimed at us, the people. All of the "tough talk…

The us did recently announce that it has technology that can manipulate space and time or something. It's very likely a psyop like you said. "You don't know how advanced we really are! When we come for you you better just give up!" I bet the us does have some secret weapons technologies. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are sci fi adjacent. But I think their biggest asset is likely intelligence, and channels t…

Post by gmerc » Mon, May 04, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

2ndorderthought wrote: post #26

resters wrote: post #12

More likely, the story is designed to make the public believe that US propaganda is actually aimed at the "foreign adversary" rather than at the US population. The emotionally appealing bit is the idea that even if the story is fake, Iran is now thinking it is dealing with an adversary that has and is using tech that is right out of science fiction. In reality, it's all aimed at us, the people. All of the "tough talk…

The us did recently announce that it has technology that can manipulate space and time or something. It's very likely a psyop like you said. "You don't know how advanced we really are! When we come for you you better just give up!" I bet the us does have some secret weapons technologies. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are sci fi adjacent. But I think their biggest asset is likely intelligence, and channels t…

Post by fragmede » Mon, May 04, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC

api wrote: post #41

2ndorderthought wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The us did recently announce that it has technology that can manipulate space and time or something. It's very likely a psyop like you said. "You don't know how advanced we really are! When we come for you you better just give up!" I bet the us does have some secret weapons technologies. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are sci fi adjacent. But I think their biggest asset is likely intelligence, and channels t…

I can manipulate space-time. Enter the on ramp to the highway and accelerate. I am now aging slightly slower than you are. I can also manipulate gravity by charging my phone. Since E=mc^2 my phone weighs slightly more when charged.

Post by fragmede » Mon, May 04, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #7

sippeangelo wrote: post #4

We know it's simple to detect someone's heartbeat from just colour changes of ones skin in a regular video taken with a phone camera. Wouldn't this be trivial with military level IR tech? Sounds way more likely than some amazing new top secret technology that is somehow filtering out every other magnetic field and can detect a heartbeat through mountains.

Why is everyone debating some theoretical advanced heartbeat or otherwise people detection tech rather than the absolutely obvious answer - some kind of advanced, specialized transmitter that's designed to be hard to detect and simply transmits the encrypted GPS coordinates of the pilot?

Post by LtWorf » Mon, May 04, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC

krapp wrote: post #18

andy_ppp wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They want to lie about how they found the soldier, and potentially have China spend a few billion trying to copy technology that can never work.

Why are we assuming China is too gullible to know this technology can never work, when it's so obvious to the lay HN commentariat?