Next-Gen Paleontology: 3D Printed Dinosaurs
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About this lecture:
September 12, 2013, in the Linda Hal Library Main Reading Room.
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, Associate Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
According to Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, “technology in paleontology hasn’t changed in about 150 years. We use shovels and pickaxes and burlap and plaster. It hasn't changed—until right now.” Dr. Lacovara will share his pioneering work in using laser scans and 3D printing technology to create and test scale models of fossil bones for educational use, museum display, and for testing hypotheses about how dinosaurs moved and behaved.
Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
