iPad X-Ray Hack: April Fools Prank Or Tech Trick? (VIDEO)

All it takes to have X-ray vision is little saran wrap, an ifrared light, and an iPad.

At least that's what Expansys blogger Jason Bradbury wants you to believe in his latest video, suspiciously released on April Fools' Day.

Bloggers across the Web, including Cult of Mac's Buster Heine, quickly called this video a hoax:

The best part of the hack is that you don’t need any type of training in radiology as it is incredibly simple and utilizes everyday household objects (infrared light and cellophane) to make it work .... And happy April 1.

Watch the footage and decide for yourself:

Forbes' Andy Greenberg isn't falling for the trick -- yes, looks like it's a trick -- but does offer readers a useful guide to homemade X-ray vision, even if you don't have an iPad.

Comments

[perredicarlo]

06:44 PM on 04/04/2011

I come down on the side of an aril fools joke, given the timing. Good stunt though. When the iPhone first came out Apple banned an X-ray App called Unexplainable X-Rays which is an open source repository for weird x-rays:
http://nearlybanned.com/apps/unexplainable-x-rays/

[HoracePManure]

01:07 PM on 04/03/2011

Ahh - I see the Microsoft clones are still bitter about their fall from grace. Next time you build an empire - try it with products that actually work.

[Pandoras Folly]

09:55 AM on 04/04/2011

Just make them simple enough for art majors to master and don't bother making them compatible with anything else solves 85% of your technical issues right there.
In all seriousness apple makes some nice software.and beautiful hardware.

[iamvalid]

08:42 AM on 04/02/2011

First thing the Apple fans did was to point it at Steve Jobs.

Ahh, the emperor's new clothes.