I’ve spent most of my life pondering if they actually worked or not, and now, thanks to the modern-day wonder of Wikipedia, the secret is out… and it’s a resounding ‘not’. The lenses consisted of two layers of cardboard with a small hole in diameter punched through both layers. A feather was embedded between the layers of each lens. The vanes of the feathers diffracted light causing the user to receive two slightly offset images. For instance, if viewing a pencil, you would see two offset images of the pencil. Where the images overlapped, a darker image was seen, giving the illusion of seeing the graphite embedded within the pencil.
The cheesy X-Ray Vision gimmick of yesteryear, probably disappointed American kids by the thousands. Those kids now have another opportunity to ‘see through clothes’ for real.
Enter the X-Reflect Glasses. The Advanced Intelligence Company, Ltd. manufactures a device called X-Reflect Glasses which is claimed to allow the user to partly see through certain types of clothing. These goggles are a variation of thermal imaging goggles, and retail for US$2400.
I can see their value in regards to intelligence and anti-terrorism, but shouldn’t x-ray vision be prohibited to save us innocent from daylight voyeurism?
You’d deffinitely think they wouldn’t allow things like these on the market an with some of the sunglasses people are wearing today (like the ones that look like to plates wired to your face)
you wouldn’t know where to turn
Posted by Rhys | March 3, 2009, 10:11 pmI remember those adverts! I always wanted some X-Ray glasses, though for the life of me I can’t remember why ;o)
Posted by Jonathan | March 4, 2009, 7:58 amewwww scary…
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Posted by Jon Dylan | March 4, 2009, 10:38 pm