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The size of that machine
by ge96 3mo ago
The size of that machine
- lwhi 3mo agoThe participants end up looking a bit like Toad from Mariokart. How realistic would it be to make a smaller device?
- slipperybeluga 3mo ago[dead]
- Sanzig 3mo agoNot my field, but since they use SQUIDs I suspect most of the volume is taken up by cryo equipment. So, maybe if someone eventually discovers a room temperature superconductor.
- jeffbee 3mo agoPatients should get a "My other hat is a superconducting quantum interferometer" hat.
- fjlunky 3mo agoI imagine you’re wanting instead something the size of a hat, but smaller fMRI are certainly in development, for example [0] with discussion about the size at [1]. [0] https://med.umn.edu/news/university-minnesota-developing-compact-and-portable-mri-scanner https://med.umn.edu/news/university-minnesota-developing-com... [1] https://designawards.core77.com/Strategy-Research/95329/A-new-perspective-MRI-Patient-handling-system-for-a-novel-head-only-MRI-system.html https://designawards.core77.com/Strategy-Research/95329/A-ne...