David Hughes

@davewhughes #TEDx talk: 'Using 3D #Visualization to Discover the Secrets of #Mummies' now live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDMjqCrV_u4

28/11/2014

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David Hughes presents at TEDx Brixton - Oct 11 2014 [view]

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The TEDx Experience
What an amazing experience giving a TEDx talk is. Daunting, thrilling and invigorating! And what an amazing place the London location of Brixton was too. The team was incredible with such infectious enthusiasm and an amazing sense of community. It was a huge privilege to be part of it all. And when you realise the quality of the other speakers it is makes you realise how lucky you are to be part of such an amazing event.

What it is all about
My talk: 'Using 3D Visualization to Discover the Secrets of Mummies' describes the work that I have been doing with the team in Sweden at the Interactive Institute to take Virtual Autopsy technology and apply it to a wonderful range of subjects in museums around the world. This of course includes mummies, but also so much more including fossils, meteorites and even fish captured from the deep sea.

It was a team effort
I am also indebted to our two wonderful research partners without which none of this would have been possible:
  • CMIV - the Centre for Medical Imaging science and Visualization at the University Hospital of Linköping Sweden
  • The Computer Science Department and the Visuaization Center C at the University of Linköping in Norköping, Sweden

Live Demonstrations on Stage
I demonstrate live on stage a number of examples from different projects using the Inside Explorer system. A highlight is a very ancient pre-dynastic mummy from the British Museum who, during the course of the project, was discovered to have been murdered - 5,500 years ago!

I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed giving it.

You can watch the TEDx talk here

You can find out more about various projects here

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