Jun 23, 2024
Scientists Invent Smartphone Chip That Peers Through Barriers With Electromagnetic Waves
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: computing, mobile phones, security, transportation
For more than 15 years, a group of scientists in Texas have been hard at work creating smaller and smaller devices to “see” through barriers using medium-frequency electromagnetic waves — and now, they seem closer than ever to cracking the code.
In an interview with Futurism, electrical engineering professor Kenneth O of the University of Texas explained that the tiny new imager chip he made with the help of his research team, which can detect the outlines of items through barriers like cardboard, was the result of repeat advances and breakthroughs in microprocessor technology over the better half of the last two decades.
“This is actually similar technology as what they’re using at the airport for security inspection,” O told us.