Time of Flight Microwave Camera

Summary

Modern cameras cannot see through fog, in the dark, or through walls, which make tasks such as driverless vehicles and search-and-rescue difficult. Where visible-light fails, radio-waves can easily penetrate these obstructions, however radar-imaging devices are complex, low-resolution, and unable to image certain geometries and angled surfaces. This paper takes a camera-like approach to microwave-imaging, resulting in a simpler camera architecture which can capture fuller 3D images through-walls.

Publications

Nature Scientific Reports, October 2015.

Camera Culture Group, MIT Media Lab.

Press

V. Venkatraman, “A camera that can see through walls.”  Beta Boston, the Boston Globe, October 6, 2015.

E. Ackerman, “MIT’s 3-D Microwave Camera Can See Through Walls.”  IEEE Spectrum, October 2015.

D. Muoio, “This camera can see through walls and could help driverless cars navigate fog.”  Tech Insider, October 15, 2015.

C. Sorrel, “MIT’s new microwave camera can see through walls.” Co.Exist, Fast Company, October 23, 2015.