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Scientists at University College London have developed a technique that enables them to combine information about the function of neurons together with details of their synaptic connections, finding that connection probability is related to the similarity of visually driven neuronal activity.

Gaps in world populations, by countries, visualized.

Analysis of a dating site data from millions of users, by an MIT mathematician. Excellent write-ups and visualizations.

Community data visualization tool

A Fremont school is taking part in a nationwide program that may be the first of its kind -- teaching groups of blind and visually impaired students to play tennis.

When working with remote employees, managers often don't have the luxury of relying on visual cues to tell if an employee is truly understanding instructions or feedback. The blank stare, the quizzical look, the phony nod of understanding - all of these staple non-verbal indicators of, "I don't get it" (or, "I'm not paying attention") are usually unavailable when working in a virtual environment.

Modeling biological systems is a significant task of systems biology and mathematical biology. Computational systems biology aims to develop and use efficient algorithms, data structures, visualization and communication tools with the goal of computer modeling of biological systems.

You can play with that brain image. The top-right gives an alphabetic list of items. That will expand over the whole width of the top once it is being operated. And the bar underneath makes the brain turn round as on a turn-table; clockwise and anti-clockwise.

Casper Harteveld is the author

a journey of discovery for hunters and gatherers

if all these kinds of images were combined into one virtual 3D image, if at all possible, that would be wonderful.

A great idea from Bryan Alvarez: It would be great if the data collected from routine surgeries like this could be uploaded into the atlas anonymously. It would help fill it up very quickly!

excellent example of exploring the brain in 3d

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Beautiful pictures

this may have aplications for HAP..check it out...very cool

A report in Nature Methods describes how "light sheets" allow researchers to take images of cellular processes in action, in unprecedented detail.

Using a combination of microscopy methods, Harvard researchers have untangled part of the circuitry of the cerebral cortex, illuminating brain connections in 3-D. A new neural circuit model will allow researchers to crawl through the individual connections in a neural network.

A newly developed software tool will make detecting abnormalities in cell and tissue samples faster, more accurate, and more consistent.

Abstract Traditional microscopes have limitations in obtaining true 3D (three-dimensional) stereovision. Although some optical microscopes have been developed for 3D vision, many of them are complex, expensive, or limited to transparent samples. In this research, a freeform optical prism array was designed and fabricated to achieve 3D stereo imaging capability for microscope and machine vision applications. To form clear stereo images from multiple directions simultaneously, freeform optical surface design was applied to the prisms. In a ray tracing operation to determine the optical performance of the freeform prisms, Taylor series was used to calculate the surface shape. The virtual image spot diagrams were generated by using ray tracing methods for both the freeform prisms and the regular prisms. The results showed that all the light rays can be traced back to a single point for the freeform prism, and aberration was much smaller than that of the regular prism. The ray spots formed by the freeform prisms were adequate for image formation. Furthermore, the freeform prism array was fabricated by using a combined ultraprecision diamond turning and slow tool servo broaching process in a single, uninterrupted operation. The slow tool servo process ensured that the relative tolerance among prisms is guaranteed by the precision of the ultraprecision machine without the need for assembly. Finally 3D imaging tests were conducted to verify the freeform prism array's optical performance. The principle of the freeform prism array investigated in this research can be applied to microscopy, machine vision, robotic sensing, and many other areas.