Applied Electrodynamics: A new kind of camera that can see through walls
Making the physical world machine-readable across the entire electromagnetic spectrum
The Problem
Most of the built world is opaque. Pipes, cables, and structural elements hide behind walls until they're discovered mid-project, driving $20B+ a year in avoidable rework. Defects remain hidden inside composites until parts break. Entry teams are missing critical information before they breach a barrier.
The Solution
An imaging platform that uses radio waves to see behind walls. It works just like a camera, requiring no training and producing high-resolution images that are instantly understandable. The resulting point cloud is natively to scale, accurate down to 1mm.
The Team
Four engineers who've worked together for 8+ years, shipped multiple zero-to-one hardware products, and hold 250+ patents.
Bilgehan — PhD in electromagnetics; led antenna technologies on four iPhone generations, shipping the first phones with UWB and 5G mmWave; inventor of the zirconia dielectric resonator antenna.
Brian — built the earliest iPhone prototypes at Apple, co-invented iPhone multitouch and the Nest Learning Thermostat; degrees in Electrical and Civil Engineering.
George — MIT physicist; built x-ray imagers, retinal implants, optical sensors and the world's smallest laser projector.
Paul — Berkeley Mech.E.; ex-Apple and Humane product design lead; co-invented iPhone haptic Touch ID, IPX8 sealing.
What We Built
We've built the hardware and imaging algorithms that can see behind composite layers and common building materials (sheetrock, tiles, marble, quartz, brick and insulation). Next step is our handheld platform that fuses our radio imaging with RGB and thermal cameras.
Our Ask
We're looking for intros to decision makers at general contracting firms and industrial inspection teams, and to contacts with military access who can introduce and demo our systems to US defense organizations.
If that's you or someone you know, reach out at founders@ae-dyn.com