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Bret

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Anybody else watch the Science Channel? Well, this is kind a cool.

The security x-ray technology my company developed and is currently in use around the globe will be featured in a segment of <span style="font-weight: bold">"Cool Stuff: How It Works"</span> this week.

This episode will air this Friday, 18 April at 8pm on The Science Channel (Discovery Network).

Heres a link: How It Works!

The episode will also be repeated at: 11:00pm (18th April), 9:00am (19th April); 8:30pm (2 May) and 11:30pm (2 May).

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]<span style="font-weight: bold">Cool Stuff: How It Works
Episode 4
TV-G, CC

Welcome to the world of high security and how science keeps coming up with new ways to keep us safe from personal attack, safe in high-risk jobs, and safer when we travel on airplanes.</span>[/QUOTE]

Filming took place over a year ago but is still relivent to the current line of products we sell.

Again this is soooo cool :thumbsup:
 
No sadly none of my images will be featured. From what I know at least two of the three products I know where filmed are products I am directly involved with.
 
My brother was involved with the making of the x-ray machines for the Chunnel and the paintings at the Louvre.
All the people involved painted their name on the machine that went to the Louvre, so they can all say they have a painting in the Louvre.
I saw a photo of one of the tests for the Chunnel and it was of a car. Inside the car among other things was a box of tools and one of the tools was an electric drill. The photo very clearly showed the windings of the drill.
Probably not a good tool for taking x-rays of people though.
 
"Probably not a good tool for taking x-rays of people though."

Not unless you want to expose their inner windings!
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tomshobby said:
Probably not a good tool for taking x-rays of people though.
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Lots of variables here. Are we talking about a regular x-ray system probably not going to hurt them whatsoever but if'n we're talking about the big High Energy systems (say 5Mv or 6Mv) used to see though thick metal like engines and what not - then no I wouldn't want to be inside something scanned with one of them.

FYI the newer High Energy systems coming on line now are pretty amazing. Image quality is fantastic & can actually see the position of the pistons & valves in a tractor trailer engine yet can also tell if how many rounds are in the magazine of the Uzi the terrorist is holding hiding in the back of the trailer. :wink:
 
Bret, in your line of work I guess "get the lead out" takes on a whole new meaning!!
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While there are of course rules and regulations we have to meet direct exposure (say someone “hiding” inside a conveyance) to one of our normal x-ray (225-450Kv) systems is almost negligible when you look at the broader picture.

We’ve talked about his before in other threads and truth be known – in our day to day lives we are probably exposed to far more naturally occurring radiation sources than most realize.

But yes – we wouldn’t want to expose ourselves or the general public unnecessarily so all radiation safety precautions are always observed at all times.
 
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