Though modern day technology has in many ways had a negative impact on horror movies, with computer-generated effects all but replacing the work of makeup masters like Tom Savini and Rick Baker, there's no denying that those same technologies have had - and will continue to have - incredibly positive effects on the world at large. Case in point; this brand new technology created by the University of Michigan, which replaces real human cadavers with virtual corpses.
As reported by Gizmodo, the university has followed in the footsteps of places like Stanford and the University of Calgary, creating a groundbreaking virtual dissection table that allows students to train for surgery not on flayed open human beings but rather on 3D models, which they can slice open and dissect the same way they could real cadavers.
The combined effort of joysticks, projectors and advanced 3D equipment, the project has been dubbed Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus, and it's to date the most advanced virtual dissection technology of its kind. Check out the video below, which explains more about this revolutionary invention.
Did you know that a company recently developed a device that keeps organs alive, outside the body? Technology is a hell of a thing, isn't it?!