Camera Can See Through Clothes at 80 Feet
We're sure you remember being eight years old and wishing you had X-ray vision or X-ray glasses so that you could see through peoples clothes. Then you found out that X-rays would just let you see bone, and not breasts. It turns out we were using the wrong rays. T-rays, or terahertz radiation, are a form of electro-magnetic radiation given off in low levels by all people and objects. The technology behind the ThruVision camera was originally developed for peering through dusts and clouds in space. But researchers soon discovered you could also peek through clothes with the technology, opening up all sorts of security-use possibilities.
But don't get too scared, the camera doesn't reveal anatomic details. Instead, explosives, weapons and drugs will appear as shapes against a person's silhouette. The camera is able to detect T-waves at up to 80 feet away, and doesn't emit harmful radiation like an X-ray camera does.
Expect these devices to become common place in airports, train stations, and at sporting events in the near future.
From The BBC and The Times Online
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Adrian Cameron @ Mar 10th 2008 3:48PM
Would it be possible to use this technology in places such as Iraq, Pakistan, Israel and any other areas where terrorists are likely to be operating with explosives strapped to their bodies? If so, why is the technology not being made readily available, regardless of the initial cost of the units?
Nick @ Mar 11th 2008 1:41AM
Well, thank goodness it's only being used to perform searches on unwitting subjects at 80 feet and not to view genitals.
Daniel @ Mar 11th 2008 6:08AM
Its so funny how integrity disolves when the cameras show the guy leaving from work who had the camera on everyone else. But thats disrespectful.
Larry E. Hubbard @ Mar 11th 2008 7:15PM
Cool. I will set up my account now. Finally I get to make some money. I promise to to charge more than $20.00 a peek. Larry
Larry E. Hubbard @ Mar 11th 2008 7:17PM
Excuse me that's no more than $20.00 a peek. Larry
Matt @ Mar 12th 2008 5:55PM
I'm happy this is something that can only be purchased by entities with the integrity to use it. This is breakthrough technology that may be able to make us feel safer at least. Someone earlier mentioned that it might be to our advantage to use this technology in Iraq and other hostile area's. I feel the same way. Cost should not be an issue when it comes to combatting terrorism. There is all kinds of technology out there. I was looking in the automotive page of a website that showed some new technology to make your car invisible to the red light camera's that so many cities are using to catch people running red lights and send them a ticket. I don't know how it works, but I'm not taking any chances that it may work and run a red light. this is the website. The ad I'm talking about is at the very top to the right. http://magnumshops.org/automotive.aspx