The program, known as "Biometrics-at-a-distance, " would essentially combine two pre-existing Pentagon projects: the RadarScope, a device that can see through walls, and 2009's LifeReader, a system that uses Doppler radar to detect heartbeats.
His breakthrough came after an arcade game called RadarScope, which Nintendo had hoped would be a hit in America, failed, leaving the company with an inventory in the United States of two thousand unsold RadarScope cabinets.