前沿领域的科研人员,往往需要花很多时间构想知觉之外的世界。位于加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的纳米系统研究院内的AlloSphere,是一个三层高的球体,可通过三维成像技术,以互动的方式演示数据,给研究人员提供了一种前所未有的感知方式。在球体内部,人们既可以用手触摸新型太阳能电池晶体材料的原子,也可以进入人的大脑内部,聆听大脑运动的声音。 Researchers in frontier fields often spend a lot of time thinking about the world beyond perception. AlloSphere, a University of California, Santa Barbara nanosystems institute, is a three-layer sphere that presents data interactively with 3D imaging technology, giving researchers an unprecedented way to sense. Inside the sphere, people can either touch the atoms of a new solar cell crystal material with their hands, or they can go inside the human brain and listen to the sounds of the brain’s movement.