Thursday, December 23, 2010

Google Body Browser peels back tiers to show what is beneath

Google’s “body browser” is an interactive tool that maps out anatomy of human body with high technology. Google Body Browser offers an unprecedented view of the human condition. It’s an interactive tool that allows users a virtual dissection into the body’s intricate inner workings. Google Body Browser unlocks the human form in 3-D to any person with a computer and a browser compatible with the technology.

The way the body browser from Google functions

Google’s Body Browser opens with the image of a woman standing in front of you in her workout clothes. It does not get inappropriate. She stays clothed. You will zoom in and peel back tiers of the body to see thing such as muscles, organs, arteries, veins, bones and nerves in order to focus on an area of the human body. Much like Google Maps, you can select a “labels” function that provides notes on all the various parts and pieces displayed. There are a lot of things that could be done with the Google Body Browser. It includes things for instance watching blood trace through the heart and watching joints work.

Current body structure software package doomed for replacement

There will likely be a lot of Google Body Browser seen soon. Students and doctors will probably replace research tools with it. Soon a medical museum can be seeing Gray’s Anatomy. It may no longer be used. Developers of expensive 3-D body structure computer software for instance Primal Pictures and Visible Body have to look for another racket. It could possibly be utilized as visual aid in patient/colleague conferences for doctors or might even be utilized as an online educational tool. Tech experts predict that Google will regularly update the body browser to perform such functions as illustrating the progression of diseases and showing how surgeries repair damaged joints.

Many solutions to use body browser

Google Body Browser is a WebGL application. There is the WebGL by default in Google Chrome. It has to be the beta 9 version though. You will find other WebGL compatible browsers accessible too. These consist of Firefox 4 and Chrome Canary Build. WebGL is available in Google 8 but needs to be enabled by typing “about:flags” in the address bar, clicking “Enable” next to “WebGL” and then clicking “Restart now.” Once you are enabled, Google Body Browser does not need Flash, Java or any other plug-ins.

Citations

Daily Tech

dailytech.com/Google+Body+Browser+Gives+Detailed+Look+at+Your+Inner+Workings/article20419c.htm

The Independent

independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/geek-out-like-a-med-student-with-google-body-browser-2165568.html

Forbes

blogs.forbes.com/eco-nomics/2010/12/20/google-body-lets-you-explore-whats-under-your-skin/?boxes=Homepagechannels



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