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Seeing Through Walls Is the Least Cool Thing This Tech Does
Vayyar's sensor can also monitor your breathing and could be used to detect breast cancer.
By Stephen J. Bronner, January 24, 2017
With an HTC Vive strapped to my head, I looked toward a wall in the hotel room and saw a person-shaped image. Back in reality, a Vayyar employee was stepping side to side in the bathroom. I was able to track his movements from the other room.
To put it bluntly, I was seeing through walls.
Out of all the things I saw at CES, Vayyar's technology may be the most impactful. The Israeli company's sensors use radio frequency signals to create 3-D scans. As the electromagnetic waves bounce off an object, it creates the data for the sensor.
For example, the company used its 3-D imaging sensor Walabot to scan a demonstration wall. As the phone-like device was slowly swept side to side, an image on a nearby screen showed where the pipes hidden behind it were. It could also see inside the wall as a mouse ran from one side to the other. That's useful for construction and pest extermination.
