Am not too sure if that X-ray machine at the Airport security checkpoint can damage the components of a laptop but if you are curious to know how your laptop might appear to the security guy inside, here are some real pictures.
Laptop under the X-ray machine
The images was captured by Nick Veasey who uses X-Rays to capture the inner photographs of everyday objects like a city bus, an iPod, his shoes, the remote of a TV and even a full-size Boeing 777 jet.
You can downloads Nick’s collection as a PDF file or head over to Telegraph for his more recent work. Hat tip Ilya Vedrashko.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/gadgets/laptop-under-xray-machine/9505/
Reader Comments
Ooh! XRay pics seems to be scary : (
Written by Piyush K on 08.24.09
Wow!! i think it don’t damage any parts of the Laptop. But how did he managed it to X-Ray. Nice one!!!
Written by Arijit on 08.24.09
I am training security inspectors of those screening systems being used in airports.
I can guarantee that x-rays being used in those systems don’t harm in any way electronic devices.
Neither do they harm food nor camera film. It’s all a legend.
More than that – I’ve screened my laptop, iPhone, TISSOT watch and many other devices dozens of times and they are still fully functional and not damaged.
And for your safety – it DOES harm human body (and hands, as being screened in the first picture) and expands the probability of cancer. Don’t try this at home! ;)
Written by Yair on 08.24.09
BTW – The first picture is only partly real:
In real life you don’t see the letters and numbers on the keys and you don’t see them like that. More than that – many parts inside the laptop are missing.
Written by Yair on 08.24.09
I highly doubt that top picture is an actual Xray image. It is most likely a composite. There wouldn’t be an image with some of the keys visible and some not.
Written by charles on 08.24.09
Great Pictures. Till now I have seen broken bones under xray. Seeing laptop under X ray is a new experience….
Written by Gyanguru on 08.25.09
Awesome pictures. Loved all of them at the site.
Written by Sharninder on 08.25.09
You must consider that this shots are made from many layers of x-ray shots, while in airport security the system is not the same.
Written by Zim on 08.26.09