Archive for month: January, 2016
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Scanning & 3D Printing The Dead
Another interesting use for our burgeoning suite of scanning/imaging tools married with 3D printing tools is accessing/investigating things we can’t otherwise see or get to.
I just got back from the newest exhibit on mummies at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Mummies: New Secrets From The Tombs is a travelling exhibit from Chicago’s Field Museum showcasing the value of these tools for both research and education. This exhibit featured 20 mummies from Peru and Egypt, often showcased with interactive touch tables populated with imaging data that allows visitors to “unwrap” layers of mummies.
For a whole host of reasons, opening up or otherwise disturbing mummies can be problematic. From worries about damaging or destroying of the mummy itself to issues of cultural sensitivity and religious respect, opening up a given mummy is fraught with potential downsides. CT or MRI-based imaging can allow researchers to looking inside these artifacts. This is nothing new: within four years of the 1972 invention of CT scanning museum researchers were scanning wrapped, intact mummies. The newest twist is our ability to affordably reproduce what we image. These replicates can be used for both research and for education.
In a museum setting, you don’t exactly want visitors handling 4,000 year old artifacts that can be as brittle as a potato chip. But with 3-D printed models, kids can touch, feel, and even play with exact replicas. By manipulating the printer media you can create objects the look, feel, and weigh the same as the originals.
The value of 3-D printing extends well beyond the research realm. While we use these tools for our robotic research, more and more educational applications emerge daily.
Santa Rosa Island
This week I will be going to Santa Rosa Island for a week to work on the cirriculum we will be using for our students in April. I am not really sure what we will be doing but I will also be working on my methods for data collection, which will consists of surveys throughout unit 3.
Leaving For A Week To SRI!!!
On January 5th, I am leaving on a boat to Santa Rosa Island (SRI). Due to weather conditions, it seems that the boat ride might be a bit rough or if the weather gets worse then the National Parks boat may not depart from Channel Islands National Park headquarters to SRI. I am hoping that the boat will depart and that the ride will be safe.
Practice Quiz #1
This is my first try at making a quiz. This is a practice description.
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