After spending so much cash on x-rays, they usually wind up in some abandoned file, strewn in a closet or junk drawer. Take advantage of your old lady osteoporosis bones and at least use them for something. It might not be the most polite umbrella, but it’s something.
Hope you have good medical insurance! You’ll need it to save up for this bad boy.
Researchers at UCLA have constructed a machine that takes X-ray images using a roll of Scotch tape. When pulled apart, tape generates electromagnetic waves through simple friction. The researchers discovered in a vacuum, sticky tape also sends out strong enough X-rays to image your finger.
Pretty neat, considering getting your hands on some Scotch tape isn’t too hard. Imagine if giving yourself an X-ray were as easy as purchasing Scotch tape. It’d be X-rays for everyone! Unfortunately, it only works in a vacuum which crushes any hopes we have of DIYing our own X-rays. What a drag.
In this crazy world we live in, anything can be considered art. Even something as simple as an X-ray photograph has the potential of becoming the next Mona Lisa. Wait, now that I’ve browsed through Nick Veasey’s work, I’ve got to say this is way cooler than the Mona Lisa. I mean c’mon, she’s just an unattractively fat woman with creepy eyes.
I’m not sure how Nick makes these. I’m hoping he’s not actually taking X-rays of everything he sees, otherwise he’d be one irradiated person. Either way, his work is impressive. I only wish his site were a little more eye-pleasing. Regardless, the link below will lead you to his website where you can check out his portfolio.
