Quite possible.. they are working on something like this and have already developed a device called the "mini z". Terahertz can not only see through stuff, but somehow they can also do absorbtion spectroscopy on the reflected rays and tell what things are made of. Its really pretty amazing stuff.
http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1944
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Quite possible.. they are working on something like this and have already developed a device called the "mini z". Terahertz can not only see through stuff, but somehow they can also do absorbtion spectroscopy on the reflected rays and tell what things are made of. Its really pretty amazing stuff. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1944