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Every gadget we’ve X-rayed with a Lumafield CT scanner

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  Mar 18

  Sean Hollister

  I used an incredible X-ray machine to look inside my gadgets — let me show you

  

  My Polaroid OneStep SX-70, as reconstructed by a Lumafield Neptune.

  I am that guy who asks airport security if I can photograph my luggage going through the X-ray machine. I’m also the guy who spent a solid hour scrubbing through the CT scan of my broken jaw with a mix of horror and utter fascination. You could say I’ve been on a bit of a spectral imaging kick.

  So when a startup called Lumafield told me I could put as many things as I wanted into its $54,000 a year radiographic density scanning machine... let’s just say I’ve a sneaking suspicion they didn’t think I’d take it literally.

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• Apr 20

  Sean Hollister

  Inside a Polaroid — with X-ray vision.

  No batteries to install, no cables to plug in: so how does this vintage camera eject its film? Look inside to find out.

• Apr 20

  Sean Hollister

  X-raying an Xbox gamepad.

  How many magnets make an Xbox Elite? We used this CT scanner to see. Don’t miss our PS5 DualSense scan too — and Nintendo’s up next! You’ll find every scan on our TikTok and Instagram.

• Apr 12

  Sean Hollister

  X-ray vision, Sony DualSense edition.

  We put the PS5’s stalwart gamepad into Lumafield’s CT scanner — a teardown-free way to see how its amazing adaptive triggers work. Should we do an Xbox gamepad next? Or a Nintendo Switch Joy-Con, perhaps? More like this at our TikTok and Instagram.

• Apr 10

  Sean Hollister

  X-ray vision, magnetic-battery-pack-that-doubles as-a-game-system edition.

  Last time, we did a Stream Deck Mini. Today, it’s a weird but neat way to play games when your phone is dead.

  Next time... how about a particularly awesome gamepad?

• Mar 31

  Sean Hollister

  X-ray vision, Stream Deck edition.

  We love the Stream Deck, and I thought I’d put my Mini through that Lumafield CT scanner. It’s simpler than you might expect inside!

• Mar 26

  Sean Hollister

  Inside the Apple Pencil.

  We checked out a sweet CT scanner, and we’re bringing you gadget scans each week! Here’s what you’d see inside the second-gen Apple Pencil if you had X-ray vision. More at our TikTok and Instagram.

• Mar 20

  Sean Hollister

  What gadget should we X-ray?

  ICYMI, we’re now sticking our gadgets into a CT scanner that spits out ghostly 3D images of their insides. We’ve got more videos like this Polaroid on the way — but if there’s some small gadget you think The Verge’s audience would love to see scanned, hit me up! I’m at [email protected].

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  Mar 18

  Sean Hollister

  What is this thing?

  Come back Saturday morning to find out.

  Update: It’s a Polaroid — after we used a new CT scanner to digitally melt it down to its densest components. And here’s how its ejection mechanism works.