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Einthoven ECG

May 2005 - Production: AV producent - tags: 3D

In 1903 Willem Einthoven invented the first ECG machine to monitor a persons heartbeat. The electrical signals that were picked up from the heart were run trough a wire in a magnetic field. This caused the wire to move and it's shadow was recored on photosensitive material. The animation is on display next to the actual device.

 

 

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