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I was listening to a short discussion about it on NPR, and someone pointed out "what if a woman puts her purse on the table and it's got her cell phone and camera in it?" It was not sufficiently answered.


From what I can tell from the various videos out there, it uses IR cameras under the table to sense objects on the surface, and can make out shapes. So a purse on the table should look completely different then a card or device, so it shouldn't try to connect to those devices inside the purse. This is just a guess though.