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Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jan 20, 2005, 02:27 PM

"Troy Hurtubise has done the seemingly impossible with his newest invention and defied all known rules of physics, he says.

The Angel Light�Hurtubise claims the concept came to him in a recurring dream�can reportedly see through walls, as if there was no barrier at all.

That�s not all, though."

I like the part about the finger.

http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=6657

residentEvil · Jan 20, 2005, 02:56 PM

article sounds a lot like the device used in the movie The Core to see while it 'drills' thru the earth. he may need Hilary Swank to focus it better though.

Don't drive into black! I didn't teach it that!

hahaha

John Q. Smith · 03:19 PM

i doubt it works with iPod

Miniryu · Jan 20, 2005, 03:24 PM

Wait- is this for real? I've very slow to pick up sarcasm and parody.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jan 20, 2005, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by Miniryu:
Wait- is this for real? I've very slow to pick up sarcasm and parody.

it seems to be for real in terms of a serious story. But his is the same guy that invented the bear proof suit.

Eug Wanker · Jan 20, 2005, 03:49 PM

Looks like a joke/hoax to me.

JonoG4 · Jan 20, 2005, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
it seems to be for real in terms of a serious story. But his is the same guy that invented the bear proof suit.

He also invented "fire paste". I'd say this new invention is real.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jan 20, 2005, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by JonoG4:
He also invented "fire paste". I'd say this new invention is real.

Oh ya I saw that guy on TV. That stuff is awesome but he is a bit nutty.

Fyre4ce · Jan 20, 2005, 04:35 PM

I'll believe it when I see it.

The article on "fire paste" sounds a little fishy, and the picture does not have be convinced. A piece of ceramic held in his hand would do just that.

JonoG4 · Jan 20, 2005, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
I'll believe it when I see it.

The article on "fire paste" sounds a little fishy, and the picture does not have be convinced. A piece of ceramic held in his hand would do just that.

The video doesn't seem to be working, but i'd say this demonstration was proof enough.

http://patty.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=9/2/2003

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jan 20, 2005, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
I'll believe it when I see it.

The article on "fire paste" sounds a little fishy, and the picture does not have be convinced. A piece of ceramic held in his hand would do just that.

I would think so also but the 20 minutes on TV I saw about it was sold. This was a video infront of news cameras so it wasn't faked or anything.

cc_foo · Jan 20, 2005, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by Fyre4ce:
I'll believe it when I see it.

The article on "fire paste" sounds a little fishy, and the picture does not have be convinced. A piece of ceramic held in his hand would do just that.

Hey Griffin Technology! Make a laptop tray out of that. The G5 and G6 PowerBooks are just around the corner.

historylme · Jan 20, 2005, 05:10 PM

wow! why isn't this guy working for Nasa! or have some ultra government contract?

TheBadgerHunter · Jan 20, 2005, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by history1me:
wow! why isn't this guy working for Nasa! or have some ultra government contract?

Would you hire anyone who would WANT to be attacked by a bear?

Seems real enough so far.

historylme · Jan 20, 2005, 05:26 PM

"... only those crazy enough to think that they can change the world, do"

or something like that.

Mafia · Jan 20, 2005, 05:28 PM

so how long until we see this on ebay.

bbcclo · Jan 20, 2005, 05:29 PM

i'm more impressed by his wicked-ass hairdo!!

Wiskedjak · Jan 20, 2005, 06:05 PM

Damn Canadians, breaking physics and all ...

mitchell_pgh · Jan 20, 2005, 06:10 PM

I hear it ONLY has 2 USB ports and a 32MB video card... and a laptop HD...

WTF!!!!

deej5871 · Jan 20, 2005, 06:25 PM

I think he's compensating for something.

Mafia · Jan 20, 2005, 06:27 PM

Originally posted by deej5871:

I think he's compensating for something.

is that the "@ home version" or the travel size.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Jan 20, 2005, 06:29 PM

Originally posted by deej5871:

I think he's compensating for something.

That's friggin' hilarious. Great angle.

wolfen · Jan 20, 2005, 06:34 PM

Originally posted by history1me:
wow! why isn't this guy working for Nasa! or have some ultra government contract?

Because they already have it, or something better.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Jan 20, 2005, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by wolfen:
Because they already have it, or something better.

Really? What.

MaxPower2k3 · Jan 20, 2005, 08:06 PM

i'm sure there's already plenty of people like him working for the government...

Eriamjh · Jan 20, 2005, 09:01 PM

Where is the video of this X-Ray penis-like device in action?

If it was so great, why would he only get $40,000 to finish it?

Wiskedjak · Jan 20, 2005, 09:01 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Really? What.

It's secret (or, they just can't accept that a Canadian might have come up with something they didn't)

CD Hanks · Jan 20, 2005, 10:18 PM

He's also become extremely ill from working with it.

The guy was on Coast to Coast AM last night, pretty interesting stuff. He said the only government that has stated a fair amount of interest in it is the French government. Apparenently the United States government is being rather stingy, or we already possess something similar and don't have any reason to buy the technology from him.

Interesting times ahead, if he lives.

AKcrab · Jan 20, 2005, 10:36 PM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
Interesting times ahead, if he lives.

The bears didn't get him, but The Angel Light will.

TheBadgerHunter · Jan 21, 2005, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
He's also become extremely ill from working with it.

The guy was on Coast to Coast AM last night, pretty interesting stuff. He said the only government that has stated a fair amount of interest in it is the French government. Apparenently the United States government is being rather stingy, or we already possess something similar and don't have any reason to buy the technology from him.

Interesting times ahead, if he lives.

If they already had it why wouldn't they buy it? Would make sense to keep anyone else from getting something like what you already have.

dav · Jan 21, 2005, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
He's also become extremely ill from working with it.

hoax, i say. there's discussion about it here:
museum of hoaxes

From the description, it sounds as if he's in part built a very high-powered wide spectrum EMF generator which goes up into the X-ray range. In that case, he probably has only a few years to live.

An unshielded X-ray source is supposed to be pretty easy to build - in the '30s a lot of home science magazines and small presses published plans for them. You can find some of them in reprint presses. The big problem with them is that in the space of a few days of operation they can generate enough stray X-ray radiation to give leukemia to pretty much everyone within a few hundred feet of the machine.

m a d r a · Jan 21, 2005, 12:57 PM

"hi! my name's troy hurtubise! you may remember me from such inventions as the self-removing trousers and the bear-proof underpants!"

isn't it funny how these miracle 'xray specs' type machines are always so selective in what they choose to see through? in the old black and white films the guy looks at a girl and sees her in her underwear. in films made in these more liberal times, the guy looks at the girl and sees her in the nude.

it seems a similar thing happens with troy's gadget. when he shines it on a wall he sees clean through it...

Hurtubise said he could see into the garage behind his lab wall, and read the licence plate on his wife's car and even see the salt on it.

"I almost broke my knuckles three or four times, because it was almost like you could step through the wall," Hurtubise said.

"You could be fooled into believing that you could actually walk through the wall and go touch the car."

yet when he shines it on his hand it only sees through the skin...

The[n] Hurtubise put his hand in the light beam.

�I could see my blood vessels, muscles, everything, like I�d taken an Exacto knife, cut into my skin and peeled it back,� Hurtubise said.

and i bet when he shone it on his glamorous pouting lab assistant, it showed her in her stockings and suspenders.

personally, i find the case for the existence of santa claus a lot more credible

RAILhead · Jan 21, 2005, 12:57 PM