Flashlight “X-ray”

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I saw a suggestion on another post that a bright enough light may enable you to see your implants.
So I decided to give it a crack, and this is what I was able to achieve:

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For that I used an Emisar D4V2, which is about 3800 lumens. However it gets real hot real fast. I could only hold it in place for about 5 seconds.

I also tried out a red led custom flashlight that I made:

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Because the red light permeates flesh much better I can hold my hand on that indefinitely. The overspill washes out the photo a bit, but in person it looks quite clear.

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You know what? I don’t have a flashlight. But I have a 3W blue laser here. When I read your post, I figured “Hey, I’ll stick one of the 30-degree omnidirectional plastic laser diffusers I have from work in front of it, shine it on my hand and see if I can see something on the other side.”

Net result: within 2 seconds, the laser burned through the diffuser and burned my hand. You can’t be smart all the time…

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Interesting, can you see the veins and if you move it around your hand?

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Oh dear!.. that’s wildly unfortunate, and mildly funny.

I also have a green led and blue led flashlight to go with the red one. What I found was that only the red was visible through my hand.

My understanding is that because most of the insides of the hand are red, the red light transmits really well, while green and blue are absorbed.
This would also explain why the Emisar gets hot so quickly, as 2/3 of its emitted spectrum are absorbed by the flesh and turned straight into heat.

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I can, it’s quite unsettling to poke at it and see everything move

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That’s okay. My hand sort of flew away from the beam of its own volition. No harm done. That’s the great thing with having a working nervous system :slight_smile:

Makes sense. But I’m Sunday-drunk and I only have the one blue laser here. So, like, dumb-di-di-dumb-dumb-me.

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Negative results are still results, all in the name of science!

Also relevant xkcd about drunk productivity :wink:

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Imagine if you had your hand on top of a bright red light during implantation. It’d be alot easier to guide the needle past veins.

I have reserved a spot between metacarpals for a future project, but kinda nervous about it, cause some big ol veins run through there too.

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Ohhh interesting! That definitely warrants further investigation.
I may just have to get another implant (not that I need an excuse).

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I did that a while ago with a 350 lumen one and long exposure and got good results.

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Use black cloth or tape to cover up the edges :wink:

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Woah, that’s seriously impressive!
I’ll definitely have to give long exposure a try.

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I think this has been mentioned before, but I was gifted a nice (very bright) flashlight a bit ago, and I realized that by shining it through my hand from the palm, it’s super easy with the naked eye to see my Spark 2 in L2. It’s harder to capture on camera, but I tried:

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With the naked eye + some manipulation I can see L0 and R0 implants too, but it’s much darker, and harder to captured on camera.

Just thought I’d share, it’s kinda neat to physically see an implant in a sea of flesh and blood.

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Which flashlight is that? Any chance it’s a Emisar D4V2?

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Nope, it’s a random rebranded Chinese no-name.

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Found it on Amazon without too much searching. A cousin of mine bought a big box of them at some closeout store (whole family got one), and they didn’t have the box, so no idea what brand these were even sold under. There’s no name on the body of the light either.

I expected to hate it, but it’s actually a pretty decent light. Uses an 18650 with a built-in charger, and the actual LED on it is decent. This listing claims to be 1000 lumens, which I don’t doubt, seems realistic for how bright it seems. It has a true UV light built-in too, as a seperate LED right next to the main one. That makes it super useful to me. I need a UV light surprisingly often (clearing EPROMS, checking currency, gross public bathrooms, etc. lmao), and I can never seem to find my dedicated one when I need it.

It’s got a strong magnet on the bottom, which is nice to stick on the beam of my shed when I’m working in there at night.

Overall, 10/10 gift from family I don’t see often lol

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Neat little pics!

You could open a thread inviting folks to do the same!!
Would be a cool gallery!

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Good idea. I had considered that, but wasn’t sure if there was interest at all.

@Pilgrimsmaster , mind throwing this thread into its own topic?

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You have 3 options:-
I can make one and move these ones above
Preview here

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I can move them to Flashlight “X-ray”

I can move them to Finding veins in hand

Choose your path wisely youngling…image

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I’d say move to “Flashlight “X-ray””. Thanks.

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I’ll try to post some pictures tomorrow, I have get about 7 or so of my implants to semi show up

Problem is I need 3 hands and my camera assistant stomach doesn’t like implants