Scotch tape X-Rays

[LunaSea]

http://www.physorg.com/news143900979.html

Scotch tape is not only see-through, it can also see through, for the product can be used to take X-rays, bemused scientists say.
Peeling tape from a roll of Scotch releases tiny bursts of X-rays that are powerful enough to take images of bones in fingers and hands, researchers have found.

The unusual discovery was made by a University of California at Los Angeles team, intrigued after hearing that Soviet scientists in the 1950s found that sticky tape, when separated at the right speed, released pulses in the X-ray part of the energy spectrum.

Reporting in Thursday's issue of the British-based science journal Nature, the investigators used a motorised peeling machine to unwind a standard roll (25.4 metres in length by 19 mm) of Photo Safe 3M Scotch tape at a speed of three centimetres (1.18 inches) a second.

By placing the machine in a vacuum, they were able to measure X-rays that were enough to take images.



Vid-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGzRvYU0e3Q

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Hmmm ... now what about wintergreen Life Savers ... nt

[LunaSea]

3. I wondering about

Duct tape Gamma rays!?

[Schema Thing]

2. MacGruber could use this!

[KeepItReal]

9. LOL!

Nicely done!

[n2doc]

4. Wild! n/t

[InternalDialogue]

5. As if going to the dentist weren't annoying already.

*scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch*

*scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch*

*scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch* *scritch*

[damntexdem]

6. Need an X-ray? Your insurance company imposes too much red tape? Grab some scotch tape!

Don't sit so close to that tape dispenser -- do you want to get cancer? ;-)

[Indenturedebtor]

7. Gah that's kinda scary! But very cool :D thanks! n/t

[formercia]

12. Ebayers beware

the more you sell, the sooner you die.

[gulfcoastliberal]

8. Energy from the vacuum?

Wonder if this could lead to the discovery of a source of energy that could generate lots of electricity with no pollution? Reminds me of the Moray energy device.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Um, no.

The energy does not come from the vacuum.

[formercia]

10. Mount one inside of Sarah Palin's head to give her X-Ray vision

coming to Mythbusters soon.

[nichomachus]

11. My HMO is already doing this -- and you have to buy your own scotch tape n/t

[FatDave]

13. Is it April 1st already?

No? Holy shit! X-rays with Scotch tape? What next? Manilla envelope white cell counts?

[Canuckistanian]

15. It's long been known that peeling adhesive tape causes ESD bursts

In electronics, it's verboten to put adhesive tape on delicate CMOS circuitry.

The act of peeling it off sometimes destroys semiconductor components.

Interesting that it gives off Xrays as well.