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Friday, December 16, 2011

Seeing is believing: iPad app gives users Superman-style X-ray vision

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have X-ray vision? Well a new iPad app has made that possible.

From complex engines and sports bikes to the humble desk lamp and kitchen toaster, the 'X is for X-Ray' app has 26 objects that only Superman's X-ray vision could expect to reveal.

Using new X-ray technologies Hugh Turvey, Artist in Residence at the Royal Institute for Radiology, mapped objects in three dimensions in both X-ray and solid form.

X-ray app for iPad: This is how Superman would see a camera

Picture perfect: This is how Superman would see a camera

The 40-year-old from London said: ‘X is for X-Ray' is an interactive educational e-book that offers a magical view into 26 everyday objects, one for each letter of the alphabet.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2074635/iPad-app-gives-users-Superman-style-X-ray-vision.html

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