Monthly Archive: March 2010

Mar 30

Hippocrates on the brain

Men aught to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the pleasant from the unpleasant…It is …

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Mar 30

Breathtaking ceramic sculptures

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from Kate MacDowell Check out her site to see more of her beautiful work.

Mar 30

I want to reverse engineer your brains!

Henry Markram is attempting to reverse engineer an entire human brain, one neuron at a time. This piece is an introduction to director Noah Hutton’s 10-year film-in-the-making that will chronicle the development of The Blue Brain Project, a landmark endeavor in modern neuroscience. [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.931668&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D8977365%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A1989360%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined] TED Talks Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind …

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Mar 29

Knee Joint Model

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This is my most recent assignment from my computer applications class. I used mimics to segment different tissues and isolate the bone from dicom files. I then created a 3d model and exported it into 3ds max for further editing and refinement. This project was focused on texturing and lighting. I used UV mapping techniques …

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Mar 19

Best Ever

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(via Best Ever) Ribs for website navigation. Oh, I am so jealous. Amazingly beautiful work. Check it out.

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