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06-21-2014, 02:00 AM
Barack Obama Is First President to Be 3D Printed
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Barack Obama can add this to his list of firsts: Being the first U.S. president to have himself scanned and 3D printed.
Obama's 3D-printed (http://www.livescience.com/topics/3d-printing/) bust and mold of his face were on display June 18 at the first-ever White House Maker Faire, a celebration of students and entrepreneurs who are using tech**logy to create new products and businesses, according to the Smithsonian Institution (http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-scans-president-obama-3-d-presidential-portrait).
A team of Smithsonian 3D digital-imaging specialists scanned the president earlier this year. They used the University of Southern California's Light Stage face scanner to capture Obama's face in high resolution, and handheld 3D scanners and SLR cameras to create a reconstruction of his bust. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/20/obama-3d-printer-portrait/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Barack Obama can add this to his list of firsts: Being the first U.S. president to have himself scanned and 3D printed.
Obama's 3D-printed (http://www.livescience.com/topics/3d-printing/) bust and mold of his face were on display June 18 at the first-ever White House Maker Faire, a celebration of students and entrepreneurs who are using tech**logy to create new products and businesses, according to the Smithsonian Institution (http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/smithsonian-scans-president-obama-3-d-presidential-portrait).
A team of Smithsonian 3D digital-imaging specialists scanned the president earlier this year. They used the University of Southern California's Light Stage face scanner to capture Obama's face in high resolution, and handheld 3D scanners and SLR cameras to create a reconstruction of his bust. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/20/obama-3d-printer-portrait/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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