OpenVertebrate Presents a Massive Database of 13,000 3D Scans of Vertebrate Specimens | Open Culture

peter.suber's bookmarks 2024-03-20

Summary:

"From The Florida Museum of Natural History comes the openVertebrate project, a new initiative to “provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public.”...

In the coming years, the openVertebrate team will “CT scan 20,000 fluid-preserved specimens from U.S. museum collections, producing high-resolution anatomical data for more than 80 percent of vertebrate genera.” The project will also make digital images and 3D mesh files available to download and 3D print...."

Link:

https://www.openculture.com/2024/03/openvertebrate-presents-a-massive-database-of-13000-3d-scans-of-vertebrate-specimens.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.images oa.biology oa.zoology oa.3d oa.museums oa.glam

Date tagged:

03/20/2024, 13:27

Date published:

03/20/2024, 09:27