MetaFilter posts tagged with xray

The Milky Way at different wavelengths

Korou — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:13:05 -0800

Zoom around the Milky Way at different wavelengths with Chromoscope: X-Ray, Visible, Hydrogen α, Far-IR, Microwave, Radio. (You can also download it.)

X-Rayed X-Boxes (And Other Video Game Consoles)

Effigy2000 — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:28:39 -0800

Reinier van der Ende, an x-ray technician at the largest hospital in the northern part of the Netherlands, decided to combine his work with one of his hobbies and proceeded to x-ray his collection of video game consoles, peripherals and game cartridges. Here are the fruits of his labour. There's also an x-ray of an X-Box 360 that dosen't appear to be part of the main set (it's part of this subset). No indications of whether its red-ringed or not, though. [via]

They could photograph reality, but they can't picture your fantasy

shakespeherian — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:03:22 -0800

'Nick Veasey uses x-ray technology to create mesmerizing and intriguing art.'

TSA gets Xray goggles. No, seriously.

allkindsoftime — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:27:54 -0800

Scanners that see through clothing installed in US airports. Good news! No more testing. Time to roll these puppies out. It's OK though, seriously guys. See we're gonna blur the faces when we look at their sexual organs, so everything's cool. K? Prev.

Gamma Ray Bursts - they're neat

ikkyu2 — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:14:48 -0800

How far can the naked eye see? About 7.5 billion light-years. On March 19th, a Gamma Ray Burst was noticed by NASA's Swift satellite and given the name GRB 080319B. It left an optical afterglow estimated at +5 apparent magnitude for 30 seconds, about that of an average star. (Sadly, no one was looking at the area with an optical telescope at that exact time.) Read the original Burst Alert, including the email address of the Burst Advocate, here. Gamma ray bursts and other galaxy-sized energy events previously on MetaFilter.

Filesharing...USSR-style

snofoam — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:09:23 -0800

X-ray records are records etched into discarded x-ray film. State censorship and lack of resources were the mothers of invention in the USSR and Eastern Europe, and apparently millions of these records were made. Without this crucial conduit of illicit western music, perhaps there would have been no Plastic People of the Universe and no Velvet (Underground) Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Mostly, though, these are just the coolest picture discs ever.

Yuck

bob sarabia — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:08:16 -0800

Womans flesh grows over her wedding ring via waxylinks

xray gallery

crunchland — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 13:32:47 -0800

online archive of x-ray images

phonetic ABCs for many languages

iconomy — Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:44:03 -0800

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee and Zulu. Now I know my NATO phonetic ABCs, next time won't you sing with me?