scans

Monday, August 24, 2009
Design

What Is This?

10:00PM Danny Allen | Hint: Once you know it’ll make sense, and no, it’s not a trippy visualisation for Burning Man. More »
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Design

The Soul of a Barbie, a PS3, and a Big Mac Caught on Video

5:59AM Jesus Diaz | Satre Stuelke seems to have three passions: McDonald’s fast food, toys, and gadgets—specially the GE 4-slice medical research scanner he uses to create these stunning images and videos at Cornell University’s Biomedical Imaging Centre: More »
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Science

Future Arrives Early: Judge Uses Brain Scan to Convict Person of Murder

11:15AM Wilson Rothman | It wasn’t supposed to happen—not yet at least—but it did: This past June, a judge in the Indian state of Maharashtra convicted a woman of killing her ex-fiance, citing as proof an EEG scan showing “experiential knowledge” of the crime. Many people do think there’s something to this, that an EEG or MRI scan of the noggin can depict lies and truth if read correctly, but in the US it’s agreed that this is experimental science at best, and snake-oil sales at worst. More »
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