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This is how a human finger interacts with a 60GHz electromagnetic wave! A mm wave radar can precisely track and capture the smallest kind of motion! Simulated in #openEMS and rendered in #blender3d ! Dave Jones hackaday #radar #Engineering #physics #Science #education #b3d #electronics Altium KiCad PCB Elmer FEM...

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