Seeing Through Walls

Originally published by Army ALT Magazine.

It all started with the desire to create an innovative solution to a DOD problem. Lumineye Inc., the grand prize winner of xTechSearch 2.0, began as a group of classmates at Boise State University participating in the Hacking for Defense (H4D) program, where students were challenged to find a solution to identify humans through radio frequencies. Through their work in solving the challenge, the students started Lumineye, a small business with a device that can solve one of the DOD’s most critical challenges—providing “through-wall sensing” for first responders and warfighters. Lumineye’s device is lightweight and compact with the ability to detect moving and still people from more than 10 meters away.

H4D is a program of the National Security Innovation Network and powered by BMNT, Inc. and the Common Mission Project, bringing students together from different disciplines to curate and solve national defense problems.

Created by Pete Newell, Steve Blank and Joe Felter, H4D is a national academic program currently offered at 24 universities....