The virtual autopsy is one of the greatest advances in forensic medicine in the past hundred years. With the aid of three-dimensional X-ray techniques, virtual and bloodless autopsies are now being performed on suspected victims of crime. CMIV (the Centre for Medical Image Science and Visualisation) at Linköping University Hospital, NVIS (Norrköpings Visualisation and Interaction Studio) and the National Board of Forensic Medicine in Linköping are world leaders in the field of virtual autopsies. This project is part of the Swedish Visualisation research programme. Behind the programme are the Knowledge Foundation, the Foundation for Strategic Research, Vinnova, Vårdalstiftelsen (the Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy Research) and the Invest in Sweden Agency. A total of SEK 85 million is being invested over five years.
Of course, we all know this–the stimulus bill has provided a lot of opportunities to fund green projects in American cities. Thus, it’s hardly news that a lot of that money has yet to be allocated. But at a special session at the Clinton Global Initiative today, Obama’s Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop did reveal some interesting insights on how he plans on using those funds to further sustainable development in the US. Via:TreeHugger read more
Today’s Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. Enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and a growing collection of data to compute the answer. Based on a new kind of knowledge-based computing…..
AA Landscape Urbanism
It was in 2000 that the Chinese government formulated a plan to build 400 new cities by 2020, in order to install the migration coming from the countryside towards the new urban agglomerations. This is the equivalent of 20 cities per week.
Columbia University-Advanced StudIo VI (Spring 2009)
Critic: Scott Marble & Assistant Critic: Ben Krone
We had the opportunity to attend Scott Marble’s review a few months ago and got a closer look at the array of digital design techniques being developed in his graduate design studio. We are featuring Katie Shima and Hyoung-Gul Kook projects from the studio. Please take the time to browse through.
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Core.Profiles
A Brief introduction to some of the people doing what we find to be progressive work in the field of Architecture, Art, Design and Science.
