How do you digitize something as enormous as the Space Shuttle Discovery or as fragile as Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit ... and why bother? Jen Schachter visits the Smithsonian's Digitization Program Office to learn more about the multipart process -- and the technology -- involved in safely scanning and creating 3D digital models of museum objects.
Explore (and download files for) some of the AMAZING 3D models from Smithsonian's collection here: https://3d.si.edu/
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Produced by Kristen Lomasney
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Digitizing Objects From Smithsonian's Enormous Collection! ─ Adam Savage’s Tested
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