Yet Another Invisibility Technology

from the everything's-going-translucent dept

Invisibility is the next big thing, apparently. Last week we had the story of Japanese researchers working on an invisibility system, and now there are reports from researchers in Europe working on terahertz radiation "photographs" that would let people see through certain objects. Everything apparently gives off terahertz radiation, but the waves can pass through some materials. In the article, they talk about a photograph of a hand was taken through a stack of papers and (get this) a human body was shown through the clothes they wore. After years of cheap plastic glasses claiming they could see through clothes, this technology might actually make it possible. Forget medical uses and bomb detection stuff: just think of the market for teenaged boys...
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  • identicon
    dorpus, 11 Feb 2003 @ 1:58pm

    Old news

    I've read about this back in the early 90s. The images are still very poor quality. Looks like it's a pretty difficult medium to work with.

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  • identicon
    Hmmm, 12 Feb 2003 @ 1:27am

    Teenaged boys

    I'm sure there is a market for teenaged boys, but you would have to be pretty odd to want to buy one though. I have one at home and I couldn't give him away!!

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    • identicon
      Harrkev, 12 Feb 2003 @ 11:50am

      Re: Teenaged boys

      Actually, this would be a hard sell.

      Teenage boys are interested in beauty -- which is skin deep. This camera goes right through the skin.

      I doubt that I would be to interested in erotic pictures of a girl's spleen or liver.

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      you are an idiot, 29 Nov 2005 @ 12:29pm

      Re: Teenaged boys

      they are talking about teenage boys buying the device

      link to this | view in chronology ]


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