Inspired by distressing personal experience, Joey Wilson spent the past decade developing a method to use everyday wireless devices to sense the presence and location of people in their spaces. In this riveting talk, Joey explains how radio tomography holds a key that can drastically help our worlds increasing energy demands, while at the same time giving us ways to protect and care for each other like never before. Dr. Joey Wilson is an acclaimed engineer and entrepreneur, focused on the field of sensing people using radio waves. Dr. Wilson’s breakthrough doctoral work on detecting and locating movement using wireless networks at the University of Utah has earned worldwide attention. Dr. Wilson is now the founder and CEO of XANDEM, a company focused on high-tech radio frequency sensors for applications like energy efficiency, elder care, healthcare and security. XANDEM was the first to research, design, and ship a product that utilizes everyday wireless networks to accurately detect and locate moving people within buildings. Joey and his team are now helping other businesses turn existing wireless devices into powerful people-sensing systems. In his free time, you can find Joey throwing a disc with his wife and two sons on the grassy fields near their home in Salt Lake City, finger picking his guitar, backcountry skiing through the trees, or trail running in the beautiful mountains of Utah. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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