Because, We think that the x-ray machine became an important technology to the modern world. People uses the x-ray machine for various fields like for medical purposes and for security.

X-rays are……. electromagnetic waves of short wavelength, capable of penetrating some thickness of matter . Medical x-rays are produced by letting a stream of fast electrons come to a sudden stop at a metal plate.

On 8 Nov, 1895, Wilhelm Conr

ad Röntgen(accidentally )discovered an image cast from his cathode ray generator. And then he knew that the rays from his cathode ray generator can penetrate through any kind of thick matter.

Wilhelm ConradRöntgen

A week after his discovery, Rontgen took an X-ray photograph of his wife's hand which clearly revealed her wedding ring and her bones. The photograph electrified the general public and aroused great scientific interest in the new form of radiation. Röntgen named the new form of radiation X-radiation (X standing for "Unknown"). Hence the term X-rays (also referred as Röntgen rays, though this term is unusual outside of Germany).

His wife’s hand

The X-ray machine is a medical innovation. It helps doctors see the problem of the patient’s body. It’s easier than trying to solve the sickness by thought. Thanks to Rongen, medical technology is now very advance!

Healing patients will be very difficult. Maybe doctors shall find it hard to solve most of the human’s internal system. Now… if it’s hard to know what the problem is doctors may solve the problem in the wrong way and create more damage to the human body.

The X-ray pictures could be more clear in the future. So it could be more easier to identify the problem. Maybe it could be more three-dimensional so doctors can zoom to the damage and examine it.

Who knows?

*Mary Kobler No: 10

*Chanakarn Cheewasedtham No:28

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