Scientifically Aided X-Ray Vision to Look Through Walls

Did you envy Superman his ability to look through walls with his super x-ray vision? Did you wish you could do that in real life? Perhaps the researchers at Duke University had exactly the same desire when they were young. Now they have come up with a way to look through walls, without knowing in advance what material the wall is constructed from.

This is unprecedented. The researchers have always known the material through which they would have to see through before this science project. Now they have come up with a way to look through walls without knowing the narrow band of microwave frequencies that they would need to use.

Daniel Marks, associate research professor of electrical and computer says that most technologies that can see through walls use a broad range of frequencies, which makes them expensive. They also don’t have very good resolution. So while they might be fine for seeing a person moving on the other side of a wall, they’re terrible for finding thin conduits or wires.

What the researchers here have developed is an algorithm that is based on the symmetrical waves emitted during scanning a wall. They have come up with a technology which should be able to tell workmen where not to make a hole in the wall to avoid hitting existing wires. Although it is yet to be practically applicable the study will be of great future value.