VeinViewer @ NextFest

Very cool video. I was at the show and saw this thing really work. I posted on the technology last week at http://docinthemachine.com/2006/09/28/veinviewer-sees-veins-under-skin-for-simpler-blooddraw/

I'll be posting more of my photos and videos of this later this week. For now I have some posts of nextfest at

http://docinthemachine.com/2006/10/02/alternative-displays-fogscreenupdate-1-from-nextfest/

As a trekker, I say "big deal", but as a geek I say "loved it, just like scifi". I wonder how cool will be the versions 10 years from now. Maybe a portable one? Maybe a VeinViewer inside a wrist watch?

These things always make me feel like, "why didn't I think of that!"

I detect a little physics bullshit in the explanation the guy with the voice gives. Its a simple infrared camera and a projector, mounted in a teleprompter-type of configuration, and its just sensing heat. Since blood is warmer than the surroundings, one can key on it.
The technology is simple, but the idea is terrific.

Bruder is correct there is a near infrared emitter and camera that superimposes the images on the arm with a DLP projector overhead. They are working on biometric apps now. at 25,000$ limited appeal. Make a small hand held unit cheap and every doctor's office would have one.