This area focuses on the new ways technology allows us to see the human body. Visitors' perception of their bodies will be expanded by exhibits that allow them to take measure or glimpse their bodies in ways that they have never before experienced. From seeing their heat image in a thermograph or the bones of their hand in an ultrasound, to taking a virtual trip through the Visible Man, the experiences reveal extraordinary views of the body as well as help visitors understand how these technologies work. The visitors take a close look at MRI technology. The interactive device provides an analogy to how the MRI machines makes a body's hydrogen nuclei resonate together-creating images of soft tissues and revealing tumors and other problems.
Graphics explain how the technology works.
Thermocamera Visitors can see their bodies in a totally different kind of portrait after a thermocamera takes an infrared picture of them and the live video image is projected onto a large screen. Ultrasound Baby Album Visitors use a high-end ultrasound unit turned into a multimedia kiosk to explore fetal imaging and development through the eye of sound. Here, a tank of water has an ultrasonic transducer mounted in it. The visitor can put her hand in the tank and see the cross-section of her bones on a monitor. In the Beginning Nilsson fiber optic picture of fetuses in the womb are shown along ultrasonic scans of fetuses in the same stage of development.