Remember that scene in Prometheus where the scientist guy takes those silver balls from his backpack and started "mapping" the inside of the crazy alien mound thing? Well, watch this: This is the work of the good folks at Massachusetts General Hospital — you're looking at a pill-sized, tethered endoscope that the docs can use [...]
Read More 3D, Boston, endomicroscopy, endoscopy, mapping, Massachutesetts General Hospital, medical, Prometheus, scanning, US NewsI wrote about some body scanning technology (backscatter and millimeter wave) that is being implemented in airports around the world a little while ago, and I just read about some new technology that is being touted as the new frontier in the area of detecting explosives… …in the body cavities. Oh yeah. I cannot wait [...]
Read More body scanners, DEXI, diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging, Ivan Nesch, Nesch LLC, radiation, radiography, scanning, TSAWhat? Tomomi Sayuda may have a nice bee-hind, but I have to say that I'd need a bit bigger of a scanner. Tomomi has designed a chair, referred to as the "iBum," that essentially scans and photocopies the sitter's tushie as they sit in the chair, then spits out the copy for them to scowl [...]
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