Body Works 6.0

BodyWorks 6.0 is a three dimensional journey through the human anatomy. This software is full of Rotating 3-D models, videos, animation, audio and a powerful search features which provides the user with detailed information right at his fingertips. The most fascinating part of this software is the “virtual lecturer”. The lecturer explains the various parts of the human anatomy while rotating 3-D models are present on screen. Unbelievable, soon there may be no need for teachers and lecturers.

Some features of this software are:
• More than 1,500 topics and 400,000 words of text
• More than 160 images including 80 rotating 3-D models
• 15 lectures presented by your virtual instructor
• More than 1,800 anatomic and 300 medical terms defined
• Correct pronunciation of more than 1,400 anatomic terms

This program is very useful for teachers and students in the field of Science or Biology. Children will really be captivated by this interactive look on what is going on inside all of us as it caters for multiple intelligences.
This software can be purchased for about Twenty U.S dollars at Amazon’s website. A video showing how to install this software can be seen below.


References:
Body works. Retrieved on 13th March, 2010 from
http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Library-Body-Works-Version/dp/B00003IEGE

TINA / TINA-TI

TINA is a powerful circuit design and simulation tool. This software allows the user to construct or design circuits and test them with a variety of current and voltage sources. Without having to physically build the circuits, this program can save time and money. Why money?.........because you don’t have to actually purchase the components. Also, if a circuit is badly designed, you don’t risk damaging expensive components like ICs. One of the main advantages of this software is that it isolates the student from electric shock......It’s all software, no hardware. Take a closer look at TINA’s features in the video below:



The program is basic enough to be used by secondary school students in the field of Electronics and Physics as well as tertiary level students. The features of this program actually turn your PC into a virtual Electronic lab. There is a free version called TINA-TI with less functionality which can be downloaded here. The manual can be downloaded here and the FAQ here.

TINA-TI (which is the free version) is ideal for designing, testing, and troubleshooting a wide variety of basic and advanced circuits, including complex architectures, without any node or number of device limitations. Some features of this software are:
1) It provides all the conventional DC, transient and frequency domain analysis of SPICE and much more.
2) It has extensive post-processing capability that allows you to format results the way you want them and
3) Virtual instruments allow you to select input waveforms and probe circuit nodes voltages and waveforms.
This software will certainly be beneficial to all schools interested in Electronics and/or Physics.

References:
SPICE-Based Analogue Simulation Program. Retrieved on 4th March, 2010 from
http://focus.ti.com/lit/ug/sbou052a/sbou052a.pdf