Company: Xonar Technology
Product: Xonar TruePort
What it looks like: Two large flat panels, one larger than the other.
How it works: People walk through the two panels, one at a time. The panels are designed to clam-shell together for ease of deployment by a single person. There are LED panels on the top for alert communication, and the company said production systems will also include a camera option for possible facial recognition integration.
Expertise: Professor Kamal Sarabandi is a member of Xonar’s Advisory Board. Kamal is the Fawwaz T. Ulaby Distinguished University Professor of EECS and the Rufus S. Teesdale Endowed Professor of Engineering at The University of Michigan. His research areas of interest include microwave and millimeter-wave radar remote sensing, Meta-materials, electromagnetic wave propagation, antenna miniaturization, and bio-electromagnetics.
Profile: Since Xonar is not yet in commercial production of its systems, there isn’t any specific product description yet available. The company does say that its devices will be “multi-sensor” and will use AI to categorize potential threats, which seems similar to claims from other providers like Evolv and Xtract One. Xonar also recently closed a $5 million funding round, according to the company.
According to email information sent by Xonar, the TruePort systems will work by scanning a single person at a time. Its current estimates for scanning speed is “realistically” between 800 and 1,200 people per hour.
Videos on the Xonar website show earlier prototypes being used at a small music venue in Florida; currently, Xonar said its later product versions are in pilot tests at “large, professional sports venues,” but the company would not name its trial customers. Though pricing was not revealed by the company, Xonar said its systems would be mainly sold under 4-year leases.
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