You'd imagine
we'd have Star hike to thank for the gadget above, but not this time. When Weta
Workshop brought the computer-generated character of Gollum to life in The Lord
of the Rings, the team perhaps didn't know its technology would have sensible
medical use. Weta used a combination of motion capturing and lasers to change
actor Andy Serkis into his terrible onscreen counterpart. The lasers allowed
Weta to read the shape and deepness of Serkis's body and use that information
to practically render him on their computers down to the very last detail.
New
Zealand's ARANZ Medical has shaped this nifty gash scanner using the same methods.
Called the Silhouette Mobile, the device can scan and store information about a
wound's width and depth, which helps nurses track curative over time as new hankie
fills in the injury. Sounds great to me, because it appears that nurses often
have only one technique available to them eyeballing a wound. Using the Silhouette
Mobile, medical professionals have an easy way to create far more precise
visual and digital records they can then share with patients and other amenities
alike.
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