A very graphic x-ray reveals what it looks like when a chainsaw is lodged inside of a person’s neck. The high-definition x-ray image belongs to 21-year-old James Valentine, a tree trimmer who almost lost his life Monday. Valentine-a worker for Adler…
Amazon Instant Video Brings X-Ray To TV Shows On Kindle Fire Devices, Wii U
When the Kindle Fire HD was announced last year, Amazon introduced X-Ray for movies along with it. The software, powered by IMDb, brought up the names of all the actors currently onscreen along with each actor’s filmography. Now that same…
New NASA Video Shows Massive Pulsar Jet in Action
NASA this week released footage that shows exactly what a jet of particles shooting out from around a pulsar looks like. Astronomers say the new research could provide new insight into these super-dense objects. The video features the Vela pulsar,…
NASA Spots Milky Way Black Hole “Flare-Up”
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has taken its first images of the giant black hole at the center of our galaxy and caught it in the middle of a “flare-up.” “We got lucky to have captured an outburst from…
Scientists Create X-Ray Camera Without The Use Of X-Rays
One of the coolest powers that superheroes ever got was X-Ray vision. Imagine being able to see through everything. You would be able to see threats before they appear or play a multitude of pranks on your friends. The only…
Amazing X-Rays Reveal the Insides of Video Game Controllers
A Reddit user named Diabolikal49 has posted a gallery of x-ray images depicting the internal mechanisms of a variety of video game controllers. It’s a fun demonstration that underneath the sleek plastic molded to fit human hands lurks circuit boards…
X-Ray Vision Could Soon Be Coming To Your Smartphone
Were you ever fooled by those stupid X-ray glasses as a kid? You know the kind, the glasses with the hypnoswirl lenses that promised you would be able to see through anything. That kind of stuff never went anywhere, but…
X-Ray Technology Recalls Star Trek Gadgets
Here’s something for all you Trekkies out there: A new hand-held device created by a company called Tribogenics harnesses the power of X-rays in a small, portable package–similar to the tricorder used by Captain Kirk and his team when checking…