@pulmencr: A guy just turned standard home Wi-Fi into a radar that sees through walls. Over 62,000 stars on GitHub for a system th…
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A developer has created a system that turns standard Wi-Fi into a radar capable of seeing through walls, tracking human posture, breathing, and heartbeat without cameras. The open-source project has gained over 62,000 stars on GitHub and runs on a $5 microchip.
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A guy just turned standard home Wi-Fi into a radar that sees through walls.
Over 62,000 stars on GitHub for a system that tracks humans without using a single camera lens.
It doesn’t just know you’re there.
Watch what happens when a person lies down on a bed in another room.
The AI instantly maps their exact posture, tracks their breathing, and calculates their heartbeat in real-time.
No optical surveillance, no privacy leaks - it just analyzes how your body disrupts ordinary radio waves.
The whole thing runs on a tiny $5 microchip.
Traditional security requires a direct line of sight and invades your personal space.
Now, your Wi-Fi router is a camera that sees through solid brick.
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