Rapid Prototyping “Visible Human” Data
This model of a ribcage and spine was recreated with data from 1 mm thick slices of a human body for the University of Michigan Visible Human Project (UMVHP). This project, a collaboration of the U-M...
View ArticleVisualizing a Child’s Deformed Heart Pre-Surgery with Rapid Protoyping
This pre-surgery prototype of a child’s heart was created using MRI scan data, which was translated through an application developed here at U of M into a 3D model. The model was then printed and...
View ArticleVideo Game Creature for Rapid Prototyping Technology
This model of a video game creature was created by capturing 3D geometry processed in a video card, then printed in color using the 3D printers. After it was captured it was translated into 3D...
View ArticleArtistic Conception of Death using Rapid Prototyping
U-Bin Li used Maya and ZBrush to sculpt his conception of death, then printed it in plaster on the z510 to live on in our display case. The creases of fabric and detail of the face and delicate...
View ArticleLegendary Football Coach Bo Schembechler Jr. Gifted Using Rapid Prototyping
A full scale wax casting of Bo Schembechler was created by artist John Thomas for the three-year anniversary of Schembechler’s death. The sculpture was then scanned with the 3D laser scanner, turned...
View ArticleColorful Owls Created as Gifts Using Rapid Prototyping
These beautiful little owls were modeled using Maya and ZBrush by James Allen as a gift to his girlfriend. They were printed with the Z-510 RP machine. By using 3D technology, Allen could sculpt one...
View ArticleRevealing Even More Detail in Mastodon Vertabrae with Scanning and 3D Printing
This mastodon vertebrae is a detailed replication of the original bone. Unlike models made with the MicroScribe contact scanner, this model has smooth curves and an organic shape. Professor Daniel...
View ArticleMastodon Femur Replicated For Display at Museum
This replication of a mastodon femur was modeled using the MicroScribe contact scanner—a scanner that functions by registering each point individually. This creates accurate measurements, but with...
View ArticleBasilosauraus Skull Visualized Using Rapid Prototyping
This is a reconstruction of a skull from the achaeocete whale Basilosaurus isis, created by using CT scan data and digital retro-deformation, which reduces the effects of bone deformation over time....
View ArticleMending a Broken Mastodon with Rapid Prototyping and 3D Scanning
Professor Daniel Fisher has one of the rarest collections of Mastodon skeletal remains in the world. His collection was complete except for a few pieces. The University of Michigan 3D Lab worked with...
View ArticleExhibit – THR_33: Engineered to Endear by John Marshall
John Marshall, former baby-product developer and assistant professor at the School of Art & Design, is no stranger to rapid prototyping technology. His projects consistently use precisely printed...
View Article3D Scanning and Printing Brings Mastodons into 21st Century
In 1998, Dan Buesching found part of a mastodon skull that had been buried for nearly 12,000 years. In conjunction with Tech Transfer, the Buesching family has agreed to let the University of Michigan...
View ArticleDialogue of the Senses: Different Eyes
“Dialogue of the Senses” was the theme for an exhibit of student work from the Department of Performing Arts Technology, School of Music, Theater & Dance (May 2013). Alex Surdu titled his piece,...
View ArticleAnnArbor.com – St. Paul’s Ancient Letters Available for Perusal
From AnnArbor.com: You can now hold one of University of Michigan‘s most valuable possessions in your hands. Well, sort of. Thirty of the rarest, earliest leaves of the Epistles of St. Paul, dating...
View ArticleOut of Body In Molly Dierks Art
Molly Dierks, as an MFA candidate at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, used resources at the UM3D Lab to create an installation peice called “Postmodern Venus.” Shawn O’Grady scanned her...
View ArticleTransforming Sculptures into Stereoscopic Images
Sean Darby, a local Ann Arbor artist, wanted to turn his various relief sculptures into 3D images for his senior presentation to emphasize the depth of his color reliefs. Lab manager Eric Maslowski...
View ArticleCollaborative Virtual Reality Demonstrated at SC14 Conference
The 3D Lab demonstrated remote collaboration in virtual reality at the UM booth at the SC14 (supercomputing) conference in New Orleans, Nov. 17-20, 2014. The booth was organized by the UM office for...
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