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Rendering Ultrasonic Imagery: The Sonic Flashlight

Posted by michael on from the batteries-not-included dept.

Effugas writes: "Fark pointed me at this brilliantly elegant new invention, the Sonic Flashlight. From the curious workshop of George Stetten, an ultrasonic scan of the inside of a patient's body is visually overlaid perceptually within the body being scanned, with no requirement for special glasses, viewing angles, or even particularly exotic hardware. How? Form a triangle with an ultrasound platform and its output display--then bisect the triangle with a half transparent(see the body below), half reflective(see the display above) pane of glass. Since the angles match, the two images merge to provide a perfectly placed synthesis of reality and its augmentation, irrespective of viewer position. Watch the video here for a demonstration; note the hand held variant at the bottom of the page as well. Slick!"

19 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. I claim this post for Canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Eh!

    Damn I'm good. And you all know it now.

    1. Re:I claim this post for Canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      damn I was just about to do the same thing...

      anyway... what a lame story.

  2. Re: Re and I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I claim this post for goatse.cx!"

  3. Re: Re and I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you an authorised goatse.cx spokesperson?

    I'd like to see some credentials please.

  4. Overruled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post is claimed for oralse.cx!

  5. What's up with Real Video? by ManualCrank+Angst · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't watch the movie. I get a "general error". I got exactly the same error probably 20 times trying to view the Segway video. This happens for both streaming and downloaded items.

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    Hate trolls? Troll 'em back...at home!
    1. Re:What's up with Real Video? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What do you expect from a closed source format?

    2. Re:What's up with Real Video? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you wouldnt 'intall' their player because it wouldnt work on your os, you stupid linux faggot

  6. MICHAEL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i fuckign HATE you

  7. I claim this post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For Osama Bin Laden, for with Allah's blessing he shall destroy the American oppressors

  8. please mod down parent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i dont like my mom

  9. HEY CLERCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    THERE IS NO LINK IN THAT POST SO I SUGGEST YOU GO AWAY AND CHOKE ON COCK thats right i said choke on cock you silly man

  10. Re:Slick? yes. Patentable? I hope not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a coincidence you should word it that way, those are exactly the words I said when my boyfriend showed me an anal sex toy he had designed.

  11. PLEASE MOD PARENT OF THIS POST TO "OFFTOPIC" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thank you moderators.

  12. oh my god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    please go through the slashdot logs and report this persons ip to the fbi. he is obviously a terrorist

  13. Wow, just imagine a beowulf cluster of those by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd like to examine some imagery of a naked and petrified Natalie Portman.

  14. Re:X-Ray replacement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what does your sister have to do with this?

  15. Re:Does this mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why yes! i think i saw it a couple of weeks ago smeared over the body of a vulcan with erect nipples

  16. URGENT, just on CNN: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just saw on CNN that there have been confirmed sightings of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. I guess we have to go to war with another country now :(