Computers And Biology
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Computers And Biology
By Jack Brown
Computers have enhance the study of Biology tremendously, as well
discoveries have enhance the progression of computers. Without
computers, Biology would be no where. We would not have the high
tech microscopes. We would not be able to process information at
lighting speeds. Finally, we would have no place to store all the
information that we gathered. Can you imagine all the paper we would
use to record all the information that we gather?
Computers have not only helped us with experimenting; they have
helped us to educate students. There has been tons of software
developed to educate students about science and in particular Biology.
They have allowed students to create experimental 3D models, collect
research and now students can even use computers to dissect “Virtual
Creatures”
Aimed at middle school and high school students, Virtual Creatures is the
creation of a group called SUMMIT (Stanford University Medical Media
and Information Technologies Group). SUMMIT was founded eight
years ago to create computer-based teaching tools for the Stanford
University School of Medicine and has expanded to provide educational
multimedia for medical students and doctors.
This program will allow students to dissect frogs without the scalpels,
probes or formaldehyde. Without touching the frog, you can rotate it to
view it from any angle and study its external anatomy. On command, the
skin turns transparent. You can even zoom through it to view the muscles,
or peel the muscles back to expose the internal organs and skeleton.
The Virtual Creatures team used virtual reality technology to create a rich
environment -- called Frog Island -- with many opportunities for
interactive learning. After being greeted by a ranger who explains how to
get around the island, students can visit, in any order, a series of huts,
each focusing on a different aspect of frog biology: muscles, organ
systems, bones, nerves, habitat and so on. With this virtual reality model
students don’t have to worry about real-life constraints. For instance,
you can take a frog apart in any sequence. You could start with the
digestive system and then put it back together.
This as you would expect does require a lot of processing power and
high-end graphics. But the speed of innovation in the computer industry
should soon make the necessary technology affordable for many schools.
The SUMMIT team is also looking at ways to transfer most of the
processing work to a cen...
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