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recent bookmarks from jmISIS vs. 3D Printing | Motherboard2015-05-25T20:35:19+00:00
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/isis-vs-3d-printing
jmMorehshin Allahyari, an Iranian born artist, educator, and activist [....] is working on digitally fabricating [the] sculptures [ISIS destroyed] for a series called “Material Speculation” as part of a residency in Autodesk's Pier 9 program. The first in the series is “Material Speculation: ISIS,” which, through intense research, is modeling and reproducing statues destroyed by ISIS in 2015. Allahyari isn't just interested in replicating lost objects but making it possible for anyone to do the same: Embedded within each semi-translucent copy is a flash drive with Allahyari’s research about the artifacts, and an online version is coming.
In this way, “Material Speculation: ISIS,” is not purely a metaphorical affront to ISIS, but a practical one as well. Allahyari’s work is similar to conservation efforts, including web-based Project Mosul, a small team and group of volunteers that are three-dimensionally modeling ISIS-destroyed artifacts based on crowd-sourced photographs.
"Thinking about 3D printers as poetic and practical tools for digital and physical archiving and documenting has been a concept that I've been interested in for the last three years,” Allahyari says. Once she began exploring the works, she discovered a thorough lack of documentation. Her research snowballed. “It became extremely important for me to think about ways to gather this information and save them for both current and future civilizations.”
]]>3d-printing fabrication scanning isis niniveh iraq morehshin-allahyari history preservation archives archivalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:7bfca6735cd6/BioBrick2014-10-21T09:52:34+00:00
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioBrick
jmBioBrick parts are DNA sequences which conform to a restriction-enzyme assembly standard.[1][2] These Lego-like building blocks are used to design and assemble synthetic biological circuits, which would then be incorporated into living cells such as Escherichia coli cells to construct new biological systems.[3] Examples of BioBrick parts include promoters, ribosomal binding sites (RBS), coding sequences and terminators.
(via Soren)]]>via:sorenrags biobricks fabrication organisms artificial-life biology e-coli genetic-engineeringhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:091f4fcae82a/3D-Print Your Own 20-Million-Year-Old Fossils2013-11-07T21:21:59+00:00
http://gizmodo.com/3d-print-your-own-20-million-year-old-fossils-1460308839
jmWith over 40 digitized fossils in their collection, you can explore 3D renders of fossils representing prehistoric animals, human ancestors, and even ancient tools. Captured using Autodesk software, an SLR camera, and often the original specimen (rather than a cast replica), these renderings bring us closer than most will ever get to holding ancient artifacts. And if you've got an additive manufacturing device at your disposal, you can even download Sketchfab plans to generate your own.
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