"On the ceiling in a hotel. There is a smoke detector in the same room as this. It’s completely smooth on all sides besides the gray thing in the middle"
A: "It’s a PIR sensor. It detects if someone is moving in the room. Usually used for automatic lights or for the alarm."
I didn't know what these were, but I found a whole bunch of them in my parents' basement and I used them to hold up christmas lights lol