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New Technique Makes Skin Transparent
sciencedaily.com — If humans had see-through skin like a jellyfish, spotting disease like cancer would be a snap: Just look, and see a tumor form or grow. But humans, of course, are not remotely diaphanous. "The reason a person is not transparent is that their tissues are highly scattering," sending light waves careening through the tissue instead of straight through
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- tringtring, on 02/14/2008, -13/+4Interesting...wish there are ways to make human minds transparent too, will make it easier to identify the crooks!
- Godlike, on 02/14/2008, -0/+8Big Brother loves you.
- feckineejit, on 02/14/2008, -0/+3we could see you're retarded before you even post on digg.
- sanman, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1We'd be too busy throwing up from being grossed out by each other.
We'd all be able to see what you ate, and what it turned into.
- sotopheavy, on 02/14/2008, -5/+34Why not clothes transparent and skin visible... You're doing it wrong.
- simpleid, on 02/14/2008, -0/+9stop wearing cloths. done.
stop wearing skin? .... that's tougher.- trogdor282, on 02/14/2008, -0/+4"hey, i think my sunburn is finally gone!" - Master Shake, sans skin
- Terr01, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1I've always imagined someone doing this with a computer and those glass blocks, so that postprocessing would reveal the scene behind them.
You know, these blocks: http://www.all-westglass.com/images/92.jpg
- simpleid, on 02/14/2008, -0/+9stop wearing cloths. done.
- BigManOnCampus, on 02/14/2008, -11/+2I read that as... "New Technique Makes Sin Transparent"... which caused quite a double-take as I don't need my "sins" being anything close to transparent.
- MacEnvy, on 02/14/2008, -1/+3A "sin" is a human construct. They do not exist outside of your own personal morality. Thus, one man's sin is another man's cherished experience, and to make "sins" transparent would only serve to make humanity in general more divisive and judgmental of others.
/mental masturbation- BigManOnCampus, on 02/14/2008, -1/+1And I was just joking around
- feckineejit, on 02/14/2008, -0/+3Just thinking about doing something wrong is a sin, according to the church, so everyone is a sinner. except for us atheists, who only care about each other and kindness and happiness, because seeing as how there is no afterlife, you only have this one life to consider and enjoy.
- MacEnvy, on 02/14/2008, -1/+3A "sin" is a human construct. They do not exist outside of your own personal morality. Thus, one man's sin is another man's cherished experience, and to make "sins" transparent would only serve to make humanity in general more divisive and judgmental of others.
- bamafun, on 02/14/2008, -8/+2next thing you know they are going to have a new technique for glow in the dark skin lol
- MacEnvy, on 02/14/2008, -0/+2If they can do it for cats they can do it for people:
http://inventorspot.com/articles/scientists_create ... - isunktheship, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1They make glow in the dark tattoos.. so just get a body tat and ur good to go.
- MacEnvy, on 02/14/2008, -0/+2If they can do it for cats they can do it for people:
- SkippyDoorknob, on 02/14/2008, -0/+8Time for reverse tattoos
- benrabicoff, on 02/14/2008, -0/+29sunburned organs?
- rayraym0fucka, on 02/14/2008, -4/+3Mythbusters busted the myth of being able to burn your insides with a tanning bed
- louiedog, on 02/14/2008, -0/+14Did they use transparent skin?
- rayraym0fucka, on 02/15/2008, -1/+1shouldn't matter. density and all that jazz remain the same.
in any case, I wasn't trying to argue... just pointing it out
- rayraym0fucka, on 02/15/2008, -1/+1shouldn't matter. density and all that jazz remain the same.
- louiedog, on 02/14/2008, -0/+14Did they use transparent skin?
- rayraym0fucka, on 02/14/2008, -4/+3Mythbusters busted the myth of being able to burn your insides with a tanning bed
- benroy, on 02/14/2008, -0/+23if this story is any indication, the future is going to be...really disgusting.
- anarchyinthekr, on 02/14/2008, -1/+2what about all the secrets i keep under there?
- tommyredcoat, on 02/14/2008, -0/+5No thanks!
- MaTT2011, on 02/14/2008, -0/+7Yah, its called being IRISH.....we dont need no "science", pffft
- palehorse864, on 02/14/2008, -1/+21Reminds me of the screwed up Fantastic Four team on venture brothers. The invisible woman could only make her skin turn invisible.
- guibom, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1But you could only see her muscles, right? Bummer.
- mllawso, on 02/14/2008, -2/+1At my school, one of the professors was doing a similar experiment with laser light scattering: his goal was to use lasers in place of x-rays for body imaging. The best part was he used a fishtank of non-dairy creamer to simulate the scattering properties of human tissue.
- fuhcough, on 02/14/2008, -2/+5crap it's already hard enough for my girlfriend to find it...
- jwolcott, on 02/14/2008, -0/+13I'll take my chances with Cancer rather than look like a jellyfish and never get laid again, thank you very much.
- phr0s7b1tt3n, on 02/14/2008, -1/+2that'd definitely help out alot in the medical fields and perverts wanting to get a good look at your insides.
- fuhcough, on 02/14/2008, -1/+0yeah that makes sense... 'cause i've got a HUGE intestines fetish. /sarcasm
- phr0s7b1tt3n, on 02/14/2008, -0/+0it could mke sex a little more interesting....now you see it, no you don't
- xposiactionx, on 02/14/2008, -0/+2thats how it works now... not sure if you've tried it before... but yeah. Just sayin'.
- phr0s7b1tt3n, on 02/14/2008, -0/+0haha i'm experienced in the field, nvm, i don't know wher i was goign with that comment
- xposiactionx, on 02/14/2008, -0/+2thats how it works now... not sure if you've tried it before... but yeah. Just sayin'.
- phr0s7b1tt3n, on 02/14/2008, -0/+0it could mke sex a little more interesting....now you see it, no you don't
- KyjL, on 02/14/2008, -1/+2Japan would pay big bucks for this sort of thing.
- fuhcough, on 02/14/2008, -1/+0yeah that makes sense... 'cause i've got a HUGE intestines fetish. /sarcasm
- aqzman, on 02/14/2008, -1/+9So many Michael Jackson jokes...
- CTK14A, on 02/14/2008, -1/+5Inside-Out Boy!
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/574/ - drmangrum, on 02/14/2008, -3/+5This is the stupidest thing I've ever read. Skin is opaque for a reason. Our skin has evolved to keep our internal organs nice and safe from the sun.
Fish that happen to be clear are clear for a reason.- Anthropoid, on 02/14/2008, -0/+0Sorry if I missed the sarcasm, but I don't think doctors/scientists would typically be using rays from the sun for this procedure...
- Anthropoid, on 02/14/2008, -0/+3Oh, silly me. You probably thought the clear skin would be permanent. But yeah, no, it's not.
- TraumaDrama, on 02/14/2008, -1/+4This is bad news for the breast enhancement industry.
- NinjaBoy, on 02/14/2008, -0/+2They will just start selling ads on the implants...
- DrummerAndrew, on 02/14/2008, -0/+13This is fantastic technology. Just so you people realize, this doesn't make your skin clear forever. Only for the moments they're doing the technique on you. And even then it isn't clear to a normal person looking at it, just the specialized equipment used with it. Amazing breakthroughs.
- nailz420, on 02/14/2008, -0/+7I bet we all look like a bag of jelly beans inside.
- sugarkisses888, on 02/14/2008, -4/+0That's just... gross. I get ooged out enough seeing my veins through the skin on my arm. I don't want to be walking around like one of those clear telephones that were all the rage when I was a teen.
- oulyt, on 02/14/2008, -1/+0that would not be right i smell privecy issue
- RobsaysHello, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1funny, I just smell *****.
- notfred, on 02/14/2008, -2/+2I don't see how it's practical - you need to precisely place a hologram onto living, stretching tissue. The tolerances are very precise.
- Kypt, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1Anyone ever read the book Expendable by James Alan Gardner? That is kind of what happened to people at some point in time. They began doing stuff to be healthier etc until they became transparent...then again that's the other extreme, if ALL of you is see through then what's the point? Anyway, the art showed some very sexy transparent girls though :P
- anononon, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1And you think varicose veins are unsightly? Yeeeesh.
- plarp, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1this will make skin cancer go away.. however every other form of cancer would increase.. there is a reason why our skin is NOT see through.
- Anthropoid, on 02/14/2008, -0/+0This procedure sounds less dangerous than a surgical operation that also exposes organs for a period of time.
- SuperJimmyJimbo, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1Karl Pilkington will sue for patent violation.
- ncredblstrength, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1and then he'll eat a knob... at night (not during the daytime, he's got a weak stomach)
- BeyondDGrave, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1No Picture = No Digg.
- feckineejit, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1http://www.chrisis.org/lace_onscreen/venture_pix1/ ...
sally impossible from the Venture brothers has invisible skin, the less useful version of the invisible woman. - Anthropoid, on 02/14/2008, -0/+1I love how the analogies present hypothetical situations which seem more complicated than the actual situation (reversing time and billiard ball movements). Not that the actual situation seems simple to me.
I also love the quote, "Until we did this study, it wasn't clear..." - ncredblstrength, on 02/14/2008, -0/+2"If humans had see-through skin like a jellyfish, spotting disease like cancer would be a snap"
Yeah and if my Aunt had a penis, she'd be my Uncle. - tbenathan, on 02/15/2008, -0/+2This is the next step for Michael Jackson.
- DermDoc, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1I have seen under the skin my friends. It is not pretty.
-DOS
(Doctors for Opaque Skin) - fudged71, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1Pics or it sure as hell never happened. Stupid researchers
- CATSCEO, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1I want some!
- TheAtomicMoose, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1If you had transparent skin... wouldn't your organs fry in the sun?
- maxlightz, on 02/15/2008, -0/+1digg headline in 5 years: Transparent Skin Procedure Found as a Cause of New Cancer
- mhmdkhamis, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Anyone ever read the book Expendable by James Alan Gardner? That is kind of what happened to people at some point in time. They began doing stuff to be healthier etc until they became transparent...then again that's the other extreme, if ALL of you is see through then what's the point? Anyway, the art showed some very sexy transparent girls though :P
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