Bay Area folks, Body World at the Tech Museum this month!

[0roo0roo]

http://www.thetech.org/bodyworld/

it is bizarre, but quite interesting

video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5bBtohsCCI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAVt7h0zdxs

 

[0roo0roo]

seems there are two more locations and each is different. body worlds 1-3
http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/e...rrent_exhibitions.html
in charlotte and saint louis!

 

[ElFenix]

creepy germans

 

[monk3y]

Went to the bodies exhibit a while ago. It's really informative and very cool.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
creepy germans

http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/g...s/life_in_science.html
indeed heh, but he's had a strange life. check out his bio

 

[mjh]

I'll have to head to San Jose to check it out after I get back from Las Vegas.

 

[OutHouse]

saw it in denver when it was here. took me a week to talk my wife into going with me. she finally said yes when i said ill pay for her best freind to come too. at first she was pretty freaked out but about half way through she got very interested and took over a hour to see the second half.

 

[scott916]

They have something very similar in Sacramento for a couple months, I'm not sure if it's put on by the same people. It's incredible.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: scott916
They have something very similar in Sacramento for a couple months, I'm not sure if it's put on by the same people. It's incredible.

Before Dr. von Hagens was made famous by his work on the human body exhibit Body Worlds, he was in partnership with another doctor by the name of Dr. Sui Hongjin. Since their split, von Hagens Body Worlds has taken in "over $200 million by displaying preserved, skinless human corpses with very well-defined muscles and sinewy tissues" (Barboza 1). Dr. Sui Hongjin has also found recent success with his own anatomy display called, Bodies...The Exhibition. However, it should be known that where Dr. von Hagens uses only donated bodies his protege Dr. Hongjin uses unclaimed bodies from Chinese mental hospitals, along with other bodies that were not able to be properly buried.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastination

in sacro its bodies revealed instead of body world.
they are different. at least from what I've read the presentation style of bodies revealed is inferior.

 

[scott916]

From looking at the Body Worlds video it looks like they have a lot more comprehensive exhibit with more elaborate displays. I wish it had been that one here, but the one in Sacto is definitely worth checking out for anyone near or in the area.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea the worst copy is apparently this one
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.../05/27/MNG9UCVOCJ1.DTL
oozing specimens at the recent san francisco show.