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flarets
5085 days ago
no. he's made a fluorescent tube.
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CamperBob2
5084 days ago
No, he's made an X-ray machine, and apparently set it up in a department store.
This is why we can't have cool magazines anymore.
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ChuckMcM
5084 days ago
You know I hadn't thought of that but at 45kV he probably is generating some soft x-rays. Sort of depends on what his anode is made of. I can never remember how to spell Bremsstrahlung sigh.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung
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brightsize
5084 days ago
Remember this one when the Darwin Award nominations come around.
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doctorstupid
5085 days ago
But it's handcrafted with organically shaped bulbs.
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joshu
5084 days ago
Hipster x-rays?
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AYBABTME
5084 days ago
Can't be dangerous if it's 'natural'.
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This is why we can't have cool magazines anymore.