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Admin · Posted June 9th, 2009, 08:04 AM

Well it is still kind of impressive I guess...

Original story is here.

Schoolboy gets burns while testing homemade X-ray machine

Moscow schoolboy has got radioactive burns while testing a homemade X-ray machine, Russian news agency RosBalt reports.

He was at home when he scanned his right hand to check the self-made device. Three days later he noticed that the skin on his hand had became flushed and covered with big ray tubes.

Moscow doctors said that the boy had third- and forth-degree radioactive burns. Thanks to timely action on their part the boy has retained full use of his right hand.

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ThisUsernameSucks · Posted June 9th, 2009, 08:33 AM

This is why tv shows say "Do not try this at home kiddies"

Iamtamagotchi · Posted June 9th, 2009, 10:02 AM

Wow. *Puts away home made xray machine* Glade that didn't happen to me.

iRawr.xx · Posted June 9th, 2009, 05:43 PM

He was pretty dumb to test it on himself. o_x;

Ginia~ · Posted June 9th, 2009, 06:11 PM

Wow. o.o;;

But what are "big ray tubes?" -googles-

Zoe · Posted June 10th, 2009, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Ginia~

Wow. o.o;;

But what are "big ray tubes?" -googles-

They mean big x-ray tubes, which are hollow tubes (and by hollow, I mean a complete vacuum) that produce X-rays. The big tubes produced more electromagnetic radiation than was safe to expose to skin.

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Wow! Teen builds homemade x-ray machine, tries it out on his hand... Oh wait... He ends up with radioactive burns

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ThisUsernameSucks Member Posts: 121 Thanked 21 Times LOLed 28 Times	#2 Posted June 9th, 2009, 08:33 AM This is why tv shows say "Do not try this at home kiddies"

Iamtamagotchi Member Posts: 64 Blog Entries: 1 LOLed 3 Times	#3 Posted June 9th, 2009, 10:02 AM Wow. Puts away home made xray machine Glade that didn't happen to me.

iRawr.xx Member Posts: 92 Blog Entries: 3 LOLed 1 Time	#4 Posted June 9th, 2009, 05:43 PM He was pretty dumb to test it on himself. o_x;

Ginia~ Member Posts: 101 Blog Entries: 13 Thanked 5 Times LOLed 4 Times	#5 Posted June 9th, 2009, 06:11 PM Wow. o.o;; But what are "big ray tubes?" -googles-

Zoe Senior Member Posts: 2,583 Blog Entries: 5 Thanked 434 Times LOLed 403 Times	#6 Posted June 10th, 2009, 10:08 AM Originally Posted by Ginia~ Wow. o.o;; But what are "big ray tubes?" -googles- They mean big x-ray tubes, which are hollow tubes (and by hollow, I mean a complete vacuum) that produce X-rays. The big tubes produced more electromagnetic radiation than was safe to expose to skin.