{"id":28550,"date":"2010-08-18T08:11:33","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T08:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/followup-x-rayted-calendar-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2010-08-18T08:11:33","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T08:11:33","slug":"followup-x-rayted-calendar-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/followup-x-rayted-calendar-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"FOLLOWUP: X-Rayted calendar | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eizo-february-small-11244\"<\/a>In June, I posted about a pinup calendar<\/a> where the model was somewhat more naked than naked: in fact, the pictures were all X-rays!<\/p>

I was fascinated by the implied raciness of the pictures, given that at best all you could see was a hint of curves. The poses themselves were provocative as well, and I wanted to spark a discussion of it. <\/p>

One thing that should have occurred to me but didn’t was how the pictures themselves were made. Was a model exposed to X-rays? How much were the images enhanced? Were they real at all?
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Well, now I know. An article at Radiology Daily gives the lowdown: no models were irradiated in the making of the calendar<\/a>. The pictures were all CGI, though based on models in Playboy.<\/p>

The interesting thing about the article, though, is that they do discuss the implied raciness, just as I did:<\/p>

\"Obviously, we didn’t want to expose models to dangerous radiation,\" [calendar art director] Schlichte said told Financial Times Deutschland. So the artists consulted a few issues of Playboy to determine \"what poses look erotic if you’re not actually seeing anything,\" she said. Then they had a computer generate those poses in skeletal form.<\/em><\/p>

As for \"not actually seeing anything,\" that’s not quite accurate. Schlichte noted, \"Anyone taking a close look at Miss April can see two silicon bags floating in front of her thorax.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>

Ha! I was thinking of using April in my original article, but decided the more obvious breasts (and the more suggestive pose, truth be told) made it a bit too adult for the blog. I chose February, where they’re a bit less ostentatious.<\/p>

All in all, I think this was an interesting idea, and it certainly did get the conversation going in the comments!<\/p>

Tip o’ the lead fedora to Babloggee Eric B.<\/em><\/p>

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