Visible Light 'X-Ray' Sees Through Solid Objects

disco_tracy writes "Some day we may not need X-rays to see inside people, thanks to a new way to decipher light that passes through opaque surfaces. Normally visible light becomes too scattered to detect after passing through opaque surfaces. But scientists in France have developed a way to reconstruct images from light passing through such surfaces by deciphering just how the material makes the light scatter. In the short term the research will help improve the strength of telecommunications signals and fiber optics cables, but years from now the technology could supplement or even replace traditional ultrasounds for baby imaging and X-rays for weapons detection at airports."

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Some day man will be able to fly through the air over enormous distances. Scientists in the cave near the river have managed to bang two sticks together. Normally sticks do not produce noise on their own, but when banged together they can make relatively loud sounds. In the short term, this can help wake up fellow cave dwellers, but in the future it could become the basis of all manner of inventions such as aircraft, computers, even agriculture itself.