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This short MIT Technology Review article describes how unrolling scotch tape produces x-rays. A video shows how to use these x-rays to make an image of a bone in a finger.
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Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 29, 2013 by Ed Lee
Record Updated: Aug 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(MIT Technology Review, Cambridge, 2013), WWW Document, (https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/).
AJP/PRST-PER
MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape (MIT Technology Review, Cambridge, 2013), <https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/>.
APA Format
MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape. (2013). Retrieved April 17, 2025, from MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/
Chicago Format
MIT Technology Review. MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape. Cambridge: MIT Technology Review, 2013. https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/ (accessed 17 April 2025).
MLA Format
MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape. Cambridge: MIT Technology Review, 2013. 17 Apr. 2025 <https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape}, Publisher = {MIT Technology Review}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {17 April 2025}, Year = {2013} }
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%T MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape %D 2013 %I MIT Technology Review %C Cambridge %U https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/ %O video/shockwave

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %D 2013 %T MIT Technology Review: X-Rays Made with Scotch Tape %I MIT Technology Review %V 2025 %N 17 April 2025 %9 video/shockwave %U https://www.technologyreview.com/2008/10/23/217918/x-rays-made-with-scotch-tape/


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