Scientists from the University of Texas at Dallas have developed an imaging chip for smartphones and small cameras that gives the user a super-human power: a form of X-ray vision.
The technology taps into an unused range of the electromagnetic spectrum, called the terahertz range, which our eyes cannot perceive.
“The breakthrough here is that scientists have figured out how to combine seeing into this terahertz range with the chip manufacturing technology called CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), which is used to make chips for computers, smartphones, HDTVs, game consoles, and many other objects we take for granted,” reports Digital Trends.
The ability could have negative repercussions such as privacy issues, so for now the team is only working on a version that operates within four inches. Even at that range, however, the technology has great potential like finding wall studs, authenticating documents and eventually wireless communication, the article states.
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