Founded by Gioia Messinger and Bar-Giora Goldberg in 2004 after they collaborated on a project to develop an ingestible diagnostic wireless pill camera. While working on the project, which married low-power digital imaging and ultra-low power RF transmission, the team began envisioning other innovative applications for the technology. Avaak is a venture backed company founded with the mission of developing wire-free video networking products that could be used in a broad range of applications by consumers, business and military customers.   The company initially developed its wire-free video networking technology with sponsorship from DARPA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR).