"X-Ray Gun" for imperceptible searches
Mike Duvos
mpd at netcom.com
Mon Aug 12 21:02:30 PDT 1996
Color me skeptical.
"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH at ocelot.Rutgers.EDU> writes:
> The gadget doesn't send out X-rays; instead, it picks up
> electromagnetic waves emitted by human flesh.
Would these electromagnetic waves be something distinct from the
blackbody spectrum of a human-sized blob of "mostly water" at the
appropriate temperature?
Or to put it another way, is this just a sophisticated IR imager
thickly coated in snake oil and marketing hype?
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