clipped from www.physorg.com Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality (w/ Video) (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed 3D holograms that can be touched with bare hands. Generally, holograms can't be felt because they're made only of light. But the new technology adds tactile feedback to holograms hovering in 3D space. clipped from www.siggraph.org Touchable Holography This project adds tactile feedback to the hovering image in 3D free space. Tactile sensation requires contact with objects, but including a stimulator in the work space dilutes the appearance of holographic images. The Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display solves this problem by producing tactile sensation on a user's hand without any direct contact and without diluting the quality of the holographic projection. clipped from www.alab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp SHINODALAB What is "Touchable Holography" ? One Page Abstract (PDF)

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Ultrasound Imaging with a Smartphone

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Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone
Imaging device fits in the palm of a hand



William D. Richard (left) takes an ultrasound probe of colleague David Zar's carotid artery with a low-power imaging device he designed.

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand.

The image of Zar's carotid artery appears on this small, portable smartphone connected to the probe by a USB driver.

"You can carry around a probe and cell phone and image on the fly now," said Richard. "Imagine having these smartphones in ambulances and emergency rooms. On a larger scale, this kind of cell phone is a complete computer that runs Windows. It could become the essential computer of the Developing World, where trained medical personnel are scarce, but most of the population, as much as 90 percent, have access to a cell phone tower."

The electronics for the ultraprobe have shrunk over 25 years from cabinet-sized to a tiny circuit board one inch by three inches (left). WUSTL's William D. Richard and Dave Zar have wedded a small, portable ultra sound imaging device with a smartphone (right).

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CellPhoneUltrasound Demo

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Cell Phone SDK

The World's First Ultrasound Machine Based on a Cell Phone

Working under a Microsoft Research grant, Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare, we modified commercially available USB ultrasound probes to work with a smart phone and developed the SDK presented, here.

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Celebrating Pregnancy -- Philips 4D Virtual Prenatal Experience

clipped from www.washingtonpost.com The Ultimate in Ultrasound A 4-D time-lapse ultrasound image like this may elicit warm emotions as parents distinguish their unborn baby's facial features and fingers for the first time, but the same cannot usually be said about the clinical environment in which such images are created. clipped from www.medgadget.com 2001 Space Odyssey Starchild: Your Baby in 4D Ultrasound With the intent to make viewing ultrasound images of unborn babies more enjoyable, Royal Philips Electronics is not only providing time-lapsed images of the baby in the mother's womb, but is developing an environment in which you can enjoy this experience. The space is intended to emulate that of a spa and will allow you to view images of your baby on a bubble-like screen. clipped from www.newscenter.philips.com Click here to read more about the Simplicity Event 2007 in London Click here to watch the Simplicity Event video Click here to watch the 'Design and Simplicity' video