ThruVision’s T5000 X-Ray Camera Sees Objects, Not Bodies

Have you ever dreamed of having an x-ray camera that, instead of revealing the beautiful nakedness of the person you target, reveals if they’re packing a glock? No? Well, the British company ThruVision made it anyway.

The camera is called the T5000 (yes, it also doubles as an upgraded version of the killer robot sent from the future to kill John Connor) and can detect weapons, drugs and explosives hidden under people’s clothes from as far as 25 meters away. The chief problem? Well, it doesn’t reveal the beautiful nakedness of the person you target.

The camera uses what the company calls, “passive imaging technology” which uses natural electromagnetic or Terahertz frequencies (called t-rays) that objects emit to gauge if that really is a gun in your pocket or if you are, in fact, very happy to see a security guard blasting you with a ThruVision T5000 camera. The camera essentially scans the t-rays naturally emitted by human bodies and then uses a software that checks for non-emitting materials, like plastics, metals and other inanimate objects.

The company also claims that the camera can spot hidden objects from up to 80 feet away and can detect them while the people are moving. They also say that the beam won’t hurt the person being monitored — which is definitely a plus for anyone who doesn’t have a gun and also would like to not have testicular cancer.

The T5000, made in partnership with the European Space Agency, is specifically made to be used in shopping malls, airports, subways and other places where shady people bring shady objects to do shady things with.

ThruVision will show off their slick little toy at the Home Office-sponsored scientific development exhibition on the 12th and 13th of March. The event will have over 200 exhibitors showing off 3,000 products that have to do with body armor, imaging and search equipment.

See more of the gadget on the ThruVision website.