Monday, 17. February 2003
Topic: - on February 17, 2003 at 2:43:26 AM CET
The next tech toy: X-ray cameras
Developers predict consumer version could hit market in five years. Voyeurs take note: a portable, cheap camera that can see through objects and clothing may be available for sale to common folk in as little as five years, say British-based space researchers.
The camera, built by a European Space Agency-funded team working at a lab in central England, could one day be used to find skin cancer or hidden weapons, reveal wounds beneath animal fur or bandages, spot forged works of art, even pierce through fog.
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