The REAL X-Ray Spex: New 'Terahertz' Scanner Lets Mobile Phones See Through Walls - And Through Clothes

Comic-book superpowers could become reality as scientists have designed a phone that works as 'X-Ray spex'. A hi-tech chip allows a phone to 'see through' walls, wood and plastics - and (although the researchers are coy about this) through fabrics such as clothing. Doctors could also use the imagers to look inside the body for cancer tumours without damaging X-Rays or large, expensive MRI scanners. 

Close up of a CMOS chip - a new version of the commonly used chips would allow users to capture images 'through' walls and even inside the human body...At present, it's designed to work over a short range - and works with a normal-sized microchip that could fit into phones or other handheld electronics...