Things you never thought existed except in the backs of comic books, #132

[featherynscale]

X-ray Specs.

No clue whether or not these would actually work as advertised, and at the asking price of $2400, I'm highly unlikely to ever find out, but still, funny.

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[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Works along the same principles as the occasional Oscar camera shot which shows 'see-through' blouses on starlettes. The material looks solid, but as with all knits, it is like the screens on a house. When dirty, a screen looks opaque. But if you shine a light on the things behind it, you can suddenly see them.
However, if you shine a light on the dirty screen itself, it looks even more opaque. This is how most clothing works on our body. With the exception of latex, most materials are just a tightly woven thread which blocks sight from cutting through.

Walmart dresses are infamous for using gossamer-thin materials in clothing. You can often see bras or even hair patterns through the material. By going infrared, you get a much better chance of scoring a peek through the material.

Good linens, jeans, fuzzy cashmirish sweaters, all have a tight enough weave, or enough 'interference' in the thread that you can't see through them. If you hold a bathing suit up to your face, you can often breathe and see through it, thus you can likely also see "into" it under proper conditions. Especially with microfiber skirts and swimsuits, since the sleezier mesh is what makes them dry so quickly. (sleeze refers to the size of the mesh, not the promiscuity of the wearer ;-)

Don't get me wrong, the innovation is certainly neat, although it has been known to military folks for decades. Putting a modified night-vision system into sunglasses is pretty neat. As per the norm, perversion drives innovation.