The Shrinking World of Medical Tech: Implications for Fashion's Favorite Materials Chinese researchers have miniaturized a CT scanner to just 6kg, roughly the weight of a desktop speaker.
This breakthrough has significant implications for archaeology and medicine but also raises questions about the materials science that underlies the fashion industry.
The Xtomo Cube is a more compact and portable version of traditional CT scanners, which are typically bulky and weigh several hundred kilograms.