Or could you choose to strip off layers (or put them on again quickly, depending on who you're looking at) at will? What I can't understand is that if you could see through everything then surely you wouldn't be able to see anything, it would be like being blind which would be rubbish.
2006-09-13 23:24:23 · 10 answers · asked by J C 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
You'd be able to see things that reflect x-rays, just as you see things that reflect light. For example, glass is transparent to light, but it reflects heat (infra-red light). If we had "heat vision", we could not see through glass, cuz glass reflects heat,
In the same sense, bones reflect x-rays, but skin does not. That would be way cool to be able to manually adjust the range of light that you see! In theory, you'd be able to chemically analyze any object in the universe, just by looking at it. That's what spectroscopy is all about.
Cool question!
Peace
2006-09-13 23:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'd have difficulty sleeping, it would be no use closing your eyes if you could see through the eyelids, and I presume you'd be able to see in the dark since x-rays don't depend on external light source ugh what a life.
2006-09-14 10:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by bo nidle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it would definitely be quite different to what you see in movies (Superman), although if you were able to "strip off" as many layers as you want, and put them back on, then you wouldn't be blind, because you could decide to see "normal" all the time (like see all layers). but I guess in reality, you wouldn't be able to do it layer by layer .... so it wouldn't be an improvement at all to normal vision ....
2006-09-13 23:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by smilingcat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No merely pondering the actuality which you will see that nevertheless it does not advise you could not distinguish the density. For representation a classic x-ray pc can see nevertheless muscle tissues however the form of the physique nonetheless shown up on an x-ray even though it fairly is obscure. so which you probably can nonetheless see in spite of
2016-12-15 07:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best X-ray vision would be if it could see only through cotton or polyester, or other man-made fabrics, now that would be sweet.
2006-09-15 02:15:53 · answer #5 · answered by Niche Jerk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would all depend on the power and exact wavelength of your Xrays. If it were very powerful, all you would see would be light, shaddows and blurry outlines of materials that xray wavelenths cannot penetrate. While not actually blind, you are right, it would be pants.
2006-09-13 23:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by lickintonight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would see items in black and white shades, this would indicate the density of the items you look at.
This would of course depend on the strength of the rays.
2006-09-13 23:27:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since this is impossible any speculation on what you could or could not see is irrelevant.
Still I used to believe the adverts for X-ray glasses on the back of comic books!
Now it appears they are for real?
http://www.advanced-intelligence.com/goggles.html
2006-09-13 23:37:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you'd just see the bones and stuff. Walls... Metals... No chance for peeping Toms (^_^)
2006-09-13 23:34:38 · answer #9 · answered by chad 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i,ll look into it
2006-09-14 01:30:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋