Researchers at the University of Calgary (in association with Sun Microsystems) have created the world’s first complete object-oriented computer model of a human body. The hologram system (called CAVEman) combines as much data as possible—from sources such as CT scans, X-rays and biopsies—to create a gigantic model of a patient’s body. They’re now at work figuring out how to let doctors reach inside the holograms to actually feel and compare tissue densities. Gamers wait with bated breath. Read more.
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