UMSTUDENT Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Yeah, I'm not joking. The Washington Post Reports the following: Scotch Tape Can Emit X-Rays U.S. researchers have discovered that Scotch tape emits X-rays if it's peeled off its roll in a vacuum, a finding that may lead to the development of inexpensive, portable X-ray machines for paramedics or for use in remote locations. For the study, a machine was used to peel Scotch tape off a role in a vacuum chamber at a rate of about 3 centimeters per second. This produced rapid pulses of X-rays, each about a billionth second long, from the area where the tape was coming off the role, theAssociated Pressreported. The researchers even managed to make an X-ray image of a finger. The study was published Thursday in the journalNature. "We were very surprised," researcher Juan Escobar, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, told theAP. "The power you could get from just peeling tape was enormous." Escobar noted that Scotch tape only produces X-rays in a vacuum, so normal use of the tape poses no health hazard. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...02301585_2.html Ah, the future is coming. From such unlikely places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tskstorm Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Yeah, I'm not joking. The Washington Post Reports the following: Scotch Tape Can Emit X-Rays U.S. researchers have discovered that Scotch tape emits X-rays if it's peeled off its roll in a vacuum, a finding that may lead to the development of inexpensive, portable X-ray machines for paramedics or for use in remote locations. For the study, a machine was used to peel Scotch tape off a role in a vacuum chamber at a rate of about 3 centimeters per second. This produced rapid pulses of X-rays, each about a billionth second long, from the area where the tape was coming off the role, theAssociated Pressreported. The researchers even managed to make an X-ray image of a finger. The study was published Thursday in the journalNature. "We were very surprised," researcher Juan Escobar, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, told theAP. "The power you could get from just peeling tape was enormous." Escobar noted that Scotch tape only produces X-rays in a vacuum, so normal use of the tape poses no health hazard. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...02301585_2.html Ah, the future is coming. From such unlikely places. Already posted http://www.emtcity.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13402 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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