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This is just an idea that popped into my head that I think might be interesting. I don't want to dig through anyone's trash to find something I don't know is there for sure, because it's a waste of time, it's dirty, and it's not particularly fun. What I thought of would be a simple X-ray tube powered up and allowed to shoot through a trash can to see what's inside (Okay, not a simple x-ray tube, but the simple idea of one). I'm not interested in the carrying out of this because that would just be ridiculous, but what problems would you run into, how would you do it, if you could do it, would it really be worth it. If you have anything else to add, I'd be interested to hear. Thanks!
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The X-Ray source would be the easy part. I don't know much about X-Ray film, but I think it has to be developed in a darkroom. Now if you want an electronic image, your standard CCD camera will not work for X rays. Think something the size and complexity of a PET/CT scanner, plus the computing power to process those signals into an image. Think something the size of a garbage truck, perhaps? (are you feeling the irony here?)
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Well, not true, I just saw this today: that uses a "scintillation screen". You could probably do this is a fairly small setup. How far can X-rays travel on their own? Like a neighborhood?
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