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In an era when techniques exist to see inside enclosed spaces (and even solid objects), what can be done when you want your research kept private?
To see what the vibration screen was intended to defend against, see the subphoton search ray from the same story.
For those who think that vibration screens are a purely sfnal mattter (who needs one?), take a look at current work in seeing through walls into hidden chambers or rooms; DARPA Radar Scope Can Sense Thru Walls and LEXID Sees Through Walls To Next Apartment.
See also this article on looking inside solid objects - Diamond Light Source Illuminates Manuscripts. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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