Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Researchers Develop X-Ray Vision with Wi-Fi

Tim Hornyak
CNET
June 29, 2013

Do you really wish you had X-ray vision? Sure, it would be fun to see what your neighbors are doing behind those walls — until you see something you wish you hadn’t.

Regardless, researchers at MIT have developed a sensing technology that uses low-power Wi-Fi to detect moving people. It follows other wall-penetrating sensor tech using radar and heavy equipment.

The Wi-Vi system by Dina Katabi and Fadel Adib sends out a low-power Wi-Fi signal and tracks its reflections to sense people moving around, even if they’re in closed rooms or behind walls.

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This article was posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 3:02 pm

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