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Project name Growth modelling device
Organisation
Persons David Bowen
City
Country EEUU
Period 2009
URL http://www.dwbowen.com/
Tags growth, modellization, scanning, plottering, evolution, technology,
Text This system uses lasers to scan an onion plant from one of three angles. As the plant is scanned a fuse deposition modeler in real-time creates a plastic model based on the information collected. The device repeats this process every twenty-four hours scanning from a different angle. After a new model is produced the system advances a conveyor approximately 17 inches so the cycle can repeat. The result is a series of plastic models illustrating the growth of the plant from three different angles.