MetaFilter posts tagged with ultrasound

Damnit, Jim, there's an app for that!

desjardins — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:33:46 -0800

Star Trek Tricorders are becoming reality. Not a doctor? Not a problem. There's an iPhone app that detects killer gasses in the air. There's one for Android phones that detects magnetic and gravitational fields and displays solar activity. This device doesn't do anything particularly useful other than play music, but it looks damned cool. Another iPhone app that's just for fun, presented by the geekiest guy ever.

Doo-doo-doo-doo / Can touch this

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:01:05 -0800

Tactile Holography ``Although we can "see" holographic images as if they are really floating in front of us, we cannot "touch" them, because they are nothing but light... `` The Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display (PDF) 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.''

Witness to a womb

dejah420 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:09:57 -0800

Sixteen states already have laws [PDF] related to abortion ultrasounds . Eleven more states have recently introduced bills that demand that a woman who wants an abortion be forced to look at the ultrasound, while a doctor describes what she is seeing. All of these bills are because the legislators believe that adoption is the only choice a woman should make. This essay, On Living Pro-Lifer's Choice for Women, explores the difficulties faced by birth mothers who choose that path.

Amazing Images

Irontom — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:40:46 -0800

Amazing Images - the BBC has a series of 10 pictures of fetuses at various stages of developments. There's no information about how they were obtained, but they are pretty striking. I imagine they must have been taken with one of the new ultrasound techniques (which are apparently called 4D imaging now).

Fetal Imaging

alms — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 10:30:15 -0800

Can't wait to see your new baby? Now you don't have to. Umm, but maybe it's better to be patient.

Reach in and touch someone

zztzed — Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:43:24 -0800

Reach in and touch someone. Having a baby? Have money to burn? Think a video of your baby's ultrasound would just be so passe? Novint Technologies has developed a system that will let you "touch" your unborn child -- or at least a 3D ultrasound image of it.