From: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:02:30 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: "X-Ray Gun" for imperceptible searches
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Color me skeptical.

"E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU> writes:

 > The gadget doesn't send out X-rays; instead, it picks up
 > electromagnetic waves emitted by human flesh.

Would these electromagnetic waves be something distinct from the
blackbody spectrum of a human-sized blob of "mostly water" at the
appropriate temperature?

Or to put it another way, is this just a sophisticated IR imager
thickly coated in snake oil and marketing hype?

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