Originally published August 15 2005
Robot catches balls better than the pros
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Scientists have developed a robot that can catch baseballs and other balls faster than even baseball pros, without tiring.
ONE hundred and ten years ago, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen announced his discovery of an invisible form of radiation that could make photographs of bones and organs inside a living human body.
At first, many scientists called the discovery of "X-rays" a hoax, but when the skeptics put Roentgen's claims to the test, they quickly were convinced about one of the greatest discoveries in science and medicine.
Indeed, just six years after his discovery, Roentgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in physics.
Now comes a teenage girl from Saransk, Russia, who claims to have X-ray-like vision, which lets her see inside of human bodies, to make diagnoses that often are more accurate than those of doctors.
First widely hailed in Russia as "the girl with X-ray eyes," 17-year-old Natasha Demkina has a growing following of patients, doctors, journalists, and others who are convinced her powers are real.
Dr. Hyman, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Oregon, in Eugene, and Dr. Wiseman, professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom, have extensive experience in testing people who claim paranormal powers.
Based on our preliminary research, we suspected Natasha may be using a remarkably simple but convincing technique called "cold reading," which is commonly used by psychics, astrologers, and other fortune tellers.
It works especially well with people who are eager to believe the reader andthereforeinclined to interpret misses as hits.
We recruited six volunteers, who each had adifferent medical condition visible on X-rays, plus a "normal" subject who had none of the six target conditions.
Natasha claims she can see abnormalities down to the cellular level and her mother says her readings are 100 percent accurate.
Natasha's most dramatic misdiagnosis was her failure to see a large metal plate covering a missing section of skull in a man who had a large brain tumor removed.
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