3D printing seems to be all the rage as of late. It seems you can print anything from a working gun to your dead pet. Well, now the Smithsonian is getting into the act with their Smithsonian X 3D web portal which will allow users to print artifacts from their collection. This would be very cool to have actual pieces of history and nature in your home.
“With only 1% of collections on display in Smithsonian museum galleries, digitization affords the opportunity to bring the remaining 99% of the collection into the virtual light,” said Günter Waibel, Director of the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office.
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Source: Elite Daily
Last Updated on January 23, 2017.