PSX5Central

Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Titan on October 22, 2008, 04:13:56 PM

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Titan on October 22, 2008, 04:13:56 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_sc/sci_scotch_tape_surprise

Cliffs: Scotch tape can be used as an x-ray.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Luke on October 22, 2008, 04:17:10 PM

huh... no shit.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Titan on October 23, 2008, 11:03:31 AM

I think this is a pretty cool discovery. Imagine the emergency usages by EMS squads or even military medicine applications.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Luke on October 23, 2008, 11:16:11 AM

Well, I think it did say that in order for it to work you had to do it in a vacuum chamber.


So i don\'t really see any practical usage there.


Impressive nonetheless.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: juslight on October 23, 2008, 03:05:36 PM

I love reading this kind of thing.  until they figure out that scotch tape is the reason cancer is on the rise.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Titan on October 23, 2008, 10:42:24 PM

Quote from: Luke

Well, I think it did say that in order for it to work you had to do it in a vacuum chamber.


So i don\'t really see any practical usage there.


Impressive nonetheless.

I think the glue just has to be removed in the vacuum chamber or something. I don\'t see how they xrayed the researcher\'s finger inside the chamber.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Luke on October 24, 2008, 05:34:29 AM

Quote from: Titan

I think the glue just has to be removed in the vacuum chamber or something.

Oh well then by all means why are doctors even using regular x-rays anymore!?

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Cerberus on October 24, 2008, 08:09:43 AM

don\'t know why, but when I saw the title to this thread, I got the impression of someone devising a way to see under womens clothing using sticky tape.

imagine my disappointment

:)

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Eiksirf on October 24, 2008, 09:47:52 AM

But I still can\'t get my finger nail under the damn ripped edge once it sticks back to the roll. F\'n thing.

Title: scotch tape x-rays?
Post by: Titan on October 29, 2008, 10:52:08 PM

Quote from: Eiksirf

But I still can\'t get my finger nail under the damn ripped edge once it sticks back to the roll. F\'n thing.

The worst is packaging tape. At my job over the summer, my boss used to buy this cheap ass tape. Once it split down the center, it was impossible to get a full strip of tape.