Technology that allows you to see through the walls

One of the strangest powers of Superman was his ability to see through the walls. It was still something sci-fi although now it seems to be a reality at least in the laboratory of the prestigious MIT (Mbadachusetts Institute of Technology), in the United States.

A group of scientists has developed software that can accurately identify someone who is on the other side of an opaque wall and how he is moving. The team has created a system based on artificial intelligence capable of identifying and recreating human movements. But how does it work and how to make sure it's not used to spy on others?

Specialists gave the name of the software the name RF-Pose and the technology that governs RF-Capture, because it uses radio frequency (RF) waves. "We use a camera and we take pictures of people in one place, and we broadcast radio signals," they explain in the study.

The system creates what are called "thermal images" and converts them into moving figures. the space, identifying the different parts of the body and showing the movements in a natural way. Little by little, computer scientists taught the machine how to "see" using several examples to identify people.

Thus, the neural network can badyze sign and generate a 3D skeletal silhouette that walks, feels, runs, dances or gesticulates like a human, mimicking the movements that the person does at that time.

MIT expects that the software will serve them in a few years to doctors to identify early signs of diseases such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis or muscular dystrophy. Beyond medicine, the system could be used in the field of video games. , entertainment or security.