Researchers with Sticktoitiveness
Okay, this one is odd enough that I couldn't make it up. You can power an X-Ray machine with adhesive tape.
From Scientific American
Researchers have discovered that peeling adhesive tape ejects enough radiation to take an x-ray image.
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How is that possible? It turns out that radiation is released when tape is ripped from a surface. The reason, says Camara: electrons (negatively charged atomic particles) leap from a surface (peeling off of glass or aluminum works, too) to the adhesive side of a freshly yanked strip of tape, traveling so fast that they give off radiation, or energy, when they slam into it.
For an example of a picture taken with the method, follow the link
From Scientific American
Researchers have discovered that peeling adhesive tape ejects enough radiation to take an x-ray image.
...
How is that possible? It turns out that radiation is released when tape is ripped from a surface. The reason, says Camara: electrons (negatively charged atomic particles) leap from a surface (peeling off of glass or aluminum works, too) to the adhesive side of a freshly yanked strip of tape, traveling so fast that they give off radiation, or energy, when they slam into it.
For an example of a picture taken with the method, follow the link