Coming Soon, An X-Ray Vision Gun

Rick Shie, senior vice-president of its American inventors, Physical Optics Corporation, said that lobsters' eyes, which are able to see in deep, murky water, use thousands of tiny squares to focus by reflection rather than the bending or refraction of light like human eyes.

Mr Shie said: "The LEXID works by emitting a low-level X-ray and then the lobster eye interprets what is returned and the image is produced on a screen.

"We are still in the research stage but have conducted successful trials and the government is keen to test it. "It can detect bombs, contraband or people and will show up anything within a couple of metres."

America’s Department of Homeland Security is already understood to be interested in the device for use in its war on terror.

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