I think this was known as Kirlian photogrphy - spelling may be wrong. It can detect the electrostatic charge surrounding living tissue.
Ralph Cameron ----- Original Message ----- From: <geor...@lexmark.com> To: <emc-p...@ieee.org> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: board scanning on the cheap (sort of) > > > > Well, this discussion has reached the point where I must add something > I read about some years ago. It goes something like this: > > For many years, Russia was known to conduct many experiments involving > paranormal activity, probably to determine if there were any military value > in such phenomena as psychic communications etc., if in fact they existed. > > I was surprised to see an article in a National Geographic years ago that told > of one such experiment. It involved photography of the "aura" (presumably > electromagnetic fields) that surround the human body. The peaks in this aura, > or field were found to be consistent with the primary acupuncture points long > before identified by the Chinese. > > A "faith" (hand-on) healing was photographed, revealing that the aura of > the healer diminished during the process while the aura of the person being > "healed" increased, i.e. a possible transfer of energy. > > The point of all this is if the Russians truly developed a means to photograph > the low power EMF surrounding humans, it would seem that the same technique > would also photograph the EMF surrounding PCBs etc. > > I have no comment on whether any of the above is true science, but I DID read > it in the generally respected National Geographic, albeit not a scientific > journal. > > George Alspaugh > > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org > Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org > Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall," > > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"