We tend to think of photography as the capturing of the scene we see right in front of us, be it a breathtaking skyline shot or the portrait shot of a person. Do you ever wonder about the beauty that is below the surface, the kind we don’t see with the naked eye? And no, I’m not referring to the abstract kind. Many photographers now turn to X-ray imaging to take shots of the internal beauty of people, nature and inanimate objects. Watch how they strip the subject down to its bare necessities to give you a part-eerie, part-awe-inspiring look into beauty that isn’t only skin deep.

Still think X-rays should be used only for medical purposes and not as a work of art? We have 50 amazing examples of X-ray art to make you change your mind.

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Alarm Clock (Image Credit: Chillipeppers4u2)

Violin (Image Credit: Chillipeppers4u2)

Remote Controlled Truck (Image Credit: Chillipeppers4u2)

Laptop (Image Credit: Chillipeppers4u2)

Flourescent Lightbulb (Image Credit: Chillipeppers4u2)

MP3 Player (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Androids (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Bulldozer (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Lightbulb (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Bone ‘Phones (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Shirt (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Flowers (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Mini Cooper (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Bat (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Shell (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Boeing 777 (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Rose (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Spider (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Human Activities (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Stopwatch (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

DJ Decks (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Bus (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Jacket (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Starfish (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Headphones (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Music Instrument (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

Camera X-ray (Image Credit: Nick Veasey)

X-ray Flowers (Image Credit: Hugh Turvey)

X-ray Flowers 2 (Image Credit: Hugh Turvey)

X-ray Flowers 3 (Image Credit: Hugh Turvey)

X-ray Flowers 4 (Image Credit: Hugh Turvey)

Motorbike (Image Credit: Hugh Turvey)

Camera (Image Credit: David Arky)

Sofa (Image Credit: David Arky)

Fade to Black (Image Credit: Noel)

MacBook (Image Credit: Jason De Villa)

Power Drill (Image Credit: Drupal)

Predator (Image Credit: Michael Scott)

Nokia Phone (Image Credit: Pippa-hynelin)

Aircraft (Image Credit: Riddlez46)

Lily Flower (Image Credit: Robert Coop)

Lily & Bud (Image Credit: Robert Coop)

iPhone 3GS (Image Credit: Xuae)

Corn (Image Credit: Annah Aguinaga)

Recorder (Image Credit: Max Esteban)

Typewriter (Image Credit: Max Esteban)

Film Projector (Image Credit: Max Esteban)

Leaves (Image Credit: Albert Koetsier)

Starfishes (Image Credit: Albert Koetsier)

Seashell (Image Credit: Albert Koetsier)

And there you have it. Tell us in the comments what would you take an X-ray image of if you got the chance.

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Every entrepreneur has to go through a phase where they come across negative reviews of their company’s product. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the product is bad, or has a glitch. To look at it in a good way, someone is paying attention enough to want to offer advice or comments that can help make your product better.

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In fact, from my own experience of posting negative reviews about products I try out, I find that the management take these issues very seriously. Reviews are reflections of the company’s performance, and companies don’t wish to let them pass with a wink. They look at it as a report card. And much like this analogy, the product is their child, the report card its performance and the entrepreneur the parents who want their ‘children’ to soar high and achieve great success.

Negative reviews could be very demoralizing, because lots of funding, effort and time go into a product to ensure its success. Moreover, negative reviews may have negative impacts, leading to a loss of faith in customers, especially when the product is marketed online.

Nonetheless, customers who post negative reviews are probably the ones who might find the product acceptable, but are not particularly satisfied with certain aspects of the product. It is important for entrepreneurs to understand why customers post these negative reviews and what to do about it.

Take cues from negative reviews

Negative reviews can actually be the guiding force when companies develop their next line of products. As an entrepreneur, you have to ensure your company’s next line of products will remain free of faults that earlier reviews have pointed out. That is exactly one of the reasons why mobile phone companies come up with new models one after the other, with new added features, and in some cases, removal of some of the older buggy or faulty features. Mobile phone manufacturers are highly dependent upon reviews to know their product acceptance level among users, and also to know what their users want.

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They look to improve their next product, in accordance to how customers have reacted to existing features in past and present models, and also to make products more user-friendly. Whether you belong to the food industry, tech industry, or any other industry, negative reviews will help you to get a clear picture of your product’s performance in the eyes of your customers. Take cues from such reviews and change your products to suit customer taste, and also create better future products as your company expands its product platforms.

Take action if necessary

Reviews generally reveal what customers think about a product. Entrepreneurs would therefore look for negative reviews so that they can find faults in their products and rectify the problems. If most of the reviews point out the same faults in a product, then it’s time to sit back and figure out why. If it is necessary, an internal probe should be conducted to find out if the fault exists and what actions are required to fix the problem. This was what happened in 2010 to the automobile giant BMW.

The luxury car manufacturer faced a very similar situation, when customers complained about their brakes, particularly of the 5-, 6- and 7-Series. The company decided to take concrete steps to rectify the manufacturing defect, even though, it meant a blow to company stocks and its reputation. BMW asked owners of more than 350,000 car owners to bring their cars in so they can fix the brakes for them. The company took action, because it felt its reputation was at stake, and possibly because the safety of their cars have been compromised.

It may not be possible for every entrepreneur to go as far as what BMW did, but in taking responsibility for the problem and producing solutions at no cost to their customers, BMW is able to regain customer faith in their product and the company, thereby securing their reputation for the brand and for future customers.

product design reviews

Not many entrepreneurs are aware of the fact that negative product design reviews can have a detrimental effect in the long run. Many entrepreneurs miss the trick when they don’t give enough importance to design reviews. You should understand that your competitors will keep an eye on your product review sections and they will never miss any detail about reviews mentioning product design loopholes.

Remember, quality cannot be imitated, but designs can. Competitors will read your company’s negative product design reviews and come up with the same design on their own product that will fit your customer’s imagination. This in itself, allows them to score an advantage over you.

You will stay aloof believing that design reviews will not affect your product sale. In reality it does, especially when you find similar rival products with better designs floating in the market. The impact may not be sudden but they could be damaging in the long run. The best way would be to attend such reviews and come up with solutions at the soonest. It may not be possible to implement product design changes immediately, but you should try and do what you can to prevent your competitors from taking advantage of your flaws.

Clarify doubts arising out of reviews

Any review about a company’s product will have a lasting impression in the minds of potential customers. Negative reviews can be more damaging because it tends to be "attractive". Entrepreneurs should take them seriously and counter review claims. The company’s website is the best place to answer back reviews. Doing so will give a chance for potential customers to know about the product and help them to clarify doubts that may have cropped up in their minds after reading the negative reviews. Look out for forums that has a review section about your company’s products and make sure you become a member to know what reviews are being posted. Reply promptly to negative review claims.

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If you answer back reviews, two benefits are lined up for you. Firstly, potential customers who seek your product will be impressed by the fact that you have genuine concern for your product, and don’t want to allow negative reviews to spoil your product’s reputation. Secondly, it also shows that the company is deeply involved in keeping its existing customers happy. Customers will walk away with the impression that the company is serious about its business, and has great concern for growth. It will, therefore, minimize the effects of a bad review.

It’s good to have some negativity

Not all bad reviews are damaging. If there is a small clutter of negative reviews in a big section of positive reviews, then it actually helps. Alhough it may sound very strange, but the fact is such a small portion of negative reviews will make buyers curious about a product. It may even lead buyers to try out that product in an effort to test the authenticity of such reviews.

Not all buyers depend solely on another person’s reviews to make their own decisions. The question, though, is how to decide which reviews are not damaging. Negative reviews that do not poke at the quality of a product may not be that bad. It doesn’t matter what product your company sells, if reviews, no matter how negative they are, do not refer to bad consequences arising out of the use of a product, then you can consider leaving it in.

Conclusion

Negative reviews are bound to take place, no matter how good your product is. There will always be someone, who will not appreciate your product. Your product might not go well with their taste, or you might come across someone who has a habit of posting negative reviews. There could be a number of reasons behind any bad review. It is how entrepreneurs like you react to these negative reviews and handle them that sets you apart from the crowd.

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When you are migrating your computer system from Windows PC to Mac, one of the things that would be a hassle is the transfer of emails stored in your PC to Mac. This situation will arise when you set your email client to store all your email locally, especially for POP3 mail server. Email transfer can be done as easily as copying a file, but opening the email file… well, it’s not that simple.

Office emails are normally handled in Outlook on Windows Live Mail, while for Mac, you have a different email system by Apple, that caters to a different email format. If you happen to use Thunderbird as the client for your office emails on your Windows PC, then this migration is simple as Thunderbird offers the same application for Mac, but if you are on Windows Live Mail, you will need to change the file format so it can be read on your Mac. If you happen to use IMAP mail server, then this wouldn’t be much a problem since you can sync emails from the server (IMAP stores all email in server so you can access from anywhere).

In this quick guide, we will share how you can import Windows Email with .eml extension and open it in your Mac Mail. We will get this done with Eml2Mbx, a simple application that will duplicate eml file and change it to mbx file.

Import Windows Mail to Mac

Before you can import all email files from your Windows Live Mail, first you need to download Eml2Mbx from the official download site. Scroll down, look for ‘Eml to Mbx’ and download.

Once the files are downloaded, unzip the folder to anywhere that’s easy for access, and click open the file ‘Eml2Mbx’.

Before you can convert your files, you need to first export your email files. If you have already exported your Windows Email file to a folder in .eml format, start with Step 2 below.

1. Export Windows email

To export your email, open your Windows Email application, click on the ‘File’ button, go to ‘Export email’ and select ‘Email messages’.

Select ‘Microsoft Windows Live Mail’ and click ‘Next’.

Select the folder you want to save your email files to, and click ‘Next’. The folder must be an empty folder.

Now select the email folder you want to export, click ‘Next’ and you are done.

Your emails are now saved in the folder you selected earlier, with .eml extension.

2. Converting Email Extension .eml to .mbx

To convert .eml email format to .mbox so you can read them on your Mac, open the Eml2Mbx application you have downloaded earlier, look for the folder where you saved the email files. Then select the email file you want to convert and click ‘Open’.

Once you clicked on the ‘Open’ button, the file will be duplicated automatically, but with .mbx extension.

The Eml2Mbx.exe file can only convert 1 file at a time so this task is time-consuming, but you can convert emails in batches too.

To do this, open the Eml2Mbx folder you downloaded earlier, copy two files ‘batchconvert‘ and ‘eml2mbx.exe‘, and paste them in the saved email directory.

With the two files included in the same email folder, click to run the ‘batchconvert‘ file, and all your emails in the folder will be converted to .mbx format.

3. Import Windows Email To Mac

Now that you already have email files saved in .mbx extension, copy and transfer these files to your Mac as you get ready to import.

Open your Mac Mail client, go to ‘File’ and select ‘Import Mailboxes’.

Select the file type you want to import, in this case, select ‘Files in mbox format’ and click ‘Continue’.

Select all the email files (in .mbx format) that you want to import and click ‘Choose’.

Now your emails will be imported to your Mac Mail client, and you can access these emails from the new folder created with the name ‘Import’ on the left sidebar.

Conclusion

The process may look long, but it’s worth the effort to keep your email saved in your records even if you are changing your computer system.

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