We can only assume that while some poor boy with an unconfirmed fractured tibia had to wait i excrutiating pain for a hospital's only x-ray room to open, Flickr member Reintji had locked the doors from the inside as he tossed forth a pile of vintage gaming equipment to be scanned despite its inherent and shameless lack of medical insurance.

Fast forward a few weeks, and an HMO lacky is approving the expenses of Mr. Play Station the Third. Then just for a moment, the little guy claims a victory over mega corporations...while an even littler guy nurses his still-broken leg. [Flickr via AcidMods via technabob]

Designed with a Pokémon (Diamond and Pearl) theme, this portable X-ray machine is meant to calm children who, unfortunately, need to be pokéd and prodded a bit more before they will actually feel better. And while it's mostly just a bunch of decals slapped on a machine, those pokéball wheels are absolutely adorable. Do I need to say it again? Adorable. [ Kotaku]

This X-Ray lamp, slightly different than the X-ray lamp we've seen before, seems to be a real product by Sture Pallarp customizable with your own medical records. But imagine the cocktail conversation, the ease with which it would initiate the opportunity to brag about what you've always considered your most charming feature, your lungs.

"Oh, these old things? Yeah. My doctor says they're awesome and a miracle and stuff, but you know, just lungs to me. I still take things a breath at a time, like everyone else."

[Sture Pallarp via bookofjoe]

prism 200 is a handheld through-wall radar, which has been designed to be used by police, special forces or the emergency services.

It provides quick and covert intelligence on the movement and location of people in a room or building - without the need for invasive sensors. prism 200 has been designed for situations where a high degree of insight is essential for success.

This compact, portable and durable product uses advanced signal processing to highlight moving people and objects in cluttered environments, through doors or brick, block and concrete walls. prism 200 is easy to use and with the press of a button, operators can switch between front, plan or profile views for a complete picture. The user can also observe the scenario in a 3D view, where the perspective can be rotated to look at a room or building from various vantage points.

To extend the flexible operation of Prism 200 a Laptop Application has been developed that allows the user to remotely monitor and record the intelligence gathered. This permits Special Forces or Police Special Operation teams to deploy the Prism 200 Through Wall Radar and monitor the intelligence from a safe distance.

[Product Page via The Raw Feed]

Upon discharge (the prisoners from the hospital, not the cellphones from the butts), the prisoners will be moved to special punishment cells for their actions. And it just goes to show, while push email sure is nice and Wi-Fi browsing can come in handy, it's all no replacement for a good sit. [dialaphone]

Philips' scanner can give a patient a full body scan in less than a minute — and exposes them to 80 per cent less radiation than a traditional X-ray machine. The machine scans the body as well as rotating around it, sending out 256 pulses every one-third of a second. It is so powerful that it can capture an unblurred image of an entire heart in less than two heartbeats.

The machine could prove useful in the battle against cancer. As well as picking up tumors in the body, the scanner should be able to show medics how the disease spreads and new patterns of abnormality. There is currently just one 256-slice scanner in use, at the Metro Health medical center in Cleveland, Ohio. [Daily Mail]

First of all, photodiodes are attached to a TFT substrate produced using its proprietary amorphous silicon technology. The X-rays are detected photon by photon, before being converted into visible light, which is converted in turn to electrical signals that can be displayed as diagnostic images on a flat panel screen.

The machine also has an image enhancement function to eliminate almost all of the digital image noise interference, in order to provide the highest radiography sensitivity in the industry. The FPXD will not just be confined to medical use, as Samsung has plans to adopt the technology so that it will work with CAT scans, airport security and building inspections. [Samsung Press Release]

When the beams are fired into a book or a scroll, they bounce off of iron ink, generating a 3D image that can be sliced up and read. One professor involved called this "reading books without opening them," not as sexy as Frank Herbert's "traveling without moving" perhaps, but the best way yet to figure out how to read some of the heretofore unseen portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Hopefully they won't burst into flames in the process. [BBC News]

Baby is Sent Through X-Ray Machine at LAX [LA Times]

Robot shoots home X-rays [We-make-money]

He's got this limited edition series priced at about $100. Much less bulbous than the Space version and it looks quite fetching with a pocket protector and an Altair.

Product Page [LED-Watch]