INTRODUCTION EYES ON EVERYTHING Laser vision is a cool but dangerous superpower You have been recruited for a very special mission An hour ago a huge earthquake shook your city You have two special superpowers that will help save the day X-ray vision and laser vision Rescue workers tell you there are people trapped beneath a collapsed building You need to move quickly 4
You look at the fallen rubble of the building You activate your X-ray power to see exactly where people are located They are injured but alive and yelling for help To save them you turn on your laser vision to quickly burn a hole in the rubble Rescuers move in to take the people to safety You have saved the day X-ray vision could help people save lives after earthquakes and other natural disasters 5
CHAPTER 1 X-RAYS A SUPERPOWER Real X-ray glasses do not exist yet In comics and movies X-ray vision is the ability to see through objects Heroes might be born with this power or they could have magic items that enhance their vision They could use this special power to peer through walls and spot criminals Bank robbers might have X-ray goggles to see exactly what is inside a vault before they break in 6
In reality people don’t have X-ray vision X-rays are a type of powerful high-energy wavelength of light Using a special X-ray machine radiation passes through the less dense parts of the body like skin and blood Bones which are thicker and denser than skin or blood stop the radiation and show up in X-ray images Doctors can see broken bones or dense things inside the body that do not belong such as metal objects SUPERFAST FACT X-ray technology was developed in the late nineteenth century It became common in hospitals in the early twentieth century 7
