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Michael Spender, the Man Who Mapped Mount Everest

British surveyor Michael Spender created the first detailed 3D map of Everest’s North Face in 1935. Spender's outward ...

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

For years, plastic surgeons thought the proportions of a beautiful buttocks should follow the Fibonacci sequence. Now, people ...
eLife

Earliest Evidence of Elephant Butchery at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) Reveals the Evolutionary Impact of Early Human Megafaunal Exploitation

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...
The Drive

Lightning McQueen Aero Analysis Part 2: Now You Can Play With the 3D Model Yourself

3D models of Lightning McQueen and Jackson Storm have been uploaded to AirShaper's CFD analysis site, which you can play with on your own computer. AirShaper is a cloud-based CFD design tool. If ...
eLife

Unbend: Correction of local beam-induced sample motion in cryo-EM images using a 3D spline model

This paper describes Unbend - a new method for measuring and correcting motions in cryo-EM images, with a particular emphasis on more challenging in situ samples such as lamella and whole cells. The ...
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3D Modelling Could Provide New Insight Into The Origins Of The Shroud Of Turin

The post 3D Modelling Could Provide New Insight Into The Origins Of The Shroud Of Turin first on TwistedSifter. Though it’s ...
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Tropical Storm Melissa track uncertain as model plots show variety of tracks, Oct. 21 update

Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea. The storm will impact Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and parts of the Leeward Islands this week. The National Hurricane ...
IEEE

VGNet: Multimodal Feature Extraction and Fusion Network for 3D CAD Model Retrieval

Abstract: The reuse of 3D CAD models is crucial for industrial manufacturing because it shortens development cycles and reduces costs. Significant progress has been made in deep learning-based 3D ...