{"id":19046,"date":"2015-07-01T07:11:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T11:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.davison.com\/blog\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2018-05-30T10:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T14:06:30","slug":"the-t-rex-takes-on-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davison.com\/blog\/the-t-rex-takes-on-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"The T-rex Takes on 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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3D-printed T-rex skull from 3Dprint.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With all of the excitement surrounding the release of Jurrasic World, it only makes sense to tie dinosaurs in with the latest and greatest technology.<\/p>\n

What we mean by this is the innovation of 3D printing is now being mixed with a new study of the intelligence of the 66.4 million-year old Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex).<\/p>\n

To this day, many people still wonder why dinosaurs became extinct and obviously the answer to that question isn\u2019t an easy one.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why a German research team wanted to take their pre-historic research to a new level and study the qualities, characteristics and habits of these beasts.<\/p>\n

So, the research team started off with one question, \u201cHow smart was a Tyrannosaurus rex, anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to even try to answer that question, the team turned their efforts to an actual T-rex skull fossil, which they then scanned and 3D printed for a Better Way to learn about the T-rex\u2019s intelligence.<\/p>\n

The skull fossil was scanned using a machine called an XXL tomograph. This machine is the largest in the world and is located at Germany\u2019s Fraunhofer-Institut. Thanks to its 1,500 separate exposures, the machine has created what is thought to be \u201cthe highest resolution scan ever conducted on a T-rex skull.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the researchers have the skull, they do not have the T-rex brain. However, the inside of the skull\u2019s shape reveals the highly-developed brain areas.<\/p>\n

By studying these areas, researchers will be able to uncover information like whether the T-rex had poor eyesight, among other qualities.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the scan also helps in the efforts to restore the skull.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the ability to conduct a complete scan of the skull, the research team has been able to uncover fractures and reconstruct the missing parts of the jaw.<\/p>\n

The technology of 3D printing has enabled the team to customize replacement jaw parts in order to complete the skull.<\/p>\n

As of right now, the jury is still out regarding the overall qualities and intelligence of the T-rex.<\/p>\n

Copyright Davison, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/3dprint.com\/75016\/t-rex-3d-print\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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