Geek Fact for November 8th

By Judy Novotny / 11/08/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered x-rays.

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.

Learn more at http://inventors.about.com/od/xyzstartinventions/a/x-ray.htm.

Photo credit: NASA

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.