At thruvison.com, the thing is a camera, far from resembling cool shades and is named T5000, maybe with Terminator in mind. Terminator security deployed in airports, eh? But the “T” actually stands for terahertz. (Terabyte, terawatt, terahertz. The age of tera is upon us.)


What the camera does is passively screen people from 25 meters by detecting radiation that people normally emit (compare x-ray machines, which actively emit harmful x-ray and then detect it). Called T-ray, this radiation is also used to observe dying stars.

Now what the T5000 actually does is to only see through people’s clothing what might a psychic construe as somewhat resembling the soul. Awww, not much anatomic detail.
Verdict: cool for airport security; disappointing to jerks. Sorry.