
3D Digital Fish Image Library Being Created
November 22, 2006 @ 09:56 AM (EST)
Source: Tbo.com
To see exotic sea creatures up close and personal, you once had to don scuba gear and jump overboard.
Now, the fish are coming to you.
Oceanographers are using a new tool to make 3-D images and catalog the world's fish species, putting them on the Internet for all to see and study. Armed with the same medical technology that maps brain tumors, a team of researchers created the Digital Fish Library, a five-year, $2.5 million project supported by the National Science Foundation...
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