3D-slicing-table

How does the exhibit work?

Touch the screen and choose a body. You can look at that body in different forms: exterior, muscles, skeleton or gases. Do you press the i? Then you get more info on that part of the body.

What is the science behind it?

Would you like to see the inside of a person, but are you also afraid of fainting? If so, you can breathe a sigh of relief. We can do it differently.

On our dissection table you’ll discover what a human, a lion or a seal looks like on the inside. What you see is real, or as good as real.

These are all real animals and people that have been scanned. These scans yielded a lot of data. But the data was quite complex (and boring). Fortunately, data visualisation software exists. This is software that shows the data in a different (and interesting) way. You can see it here. The data has been converted into virtual 3D copies of the people or animals. You can look at them from all sides and 'dissect' them without the risk of fainting.

Data visualisation that saves lives

In 1854, there was a major cholera outbreak in London's Soho district. The scientist John Snow set out to find the cause. He marked all the deaths with bars on a map of the area and saw a clear cluster around... a water pump. The city closed the water pump and the outbreak was contained!