An X-ray scan of the 3D printed Nefertiti bust. Nora Al- Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles with the 3D printed bust at the American University in Cairo. Nora Al ...

We've come a long way from the days of marble and plaster; the Smithsonian has created the first 3D bust of a president ... the president that we can now 3D print and make something that's never ...

Digital imaging specialists at the Smithsonian created a 3D printed bust and life mask of President Barack Obama this year. The portraits were first shown at the White House during a gathering ...

Nora al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles visited the Neues Museum in Berlin and secretly scanned the bust using Microsoft Kinnect scanners hidden under scarves, before 3D printing a replica and ...

Given that the bust is an important cultural artifact, Al-Badri and Nelles felt that the people of Egypt had a right to a high-quality reproduction, at the very least. They exhibited a 3D print of ...