bookofjoe

Egyptian Hoodie from the 7th Century

This child's tunic

with an integrated hood

is in the permanent collection

of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

openVertebrate Project

From the website:

The openVertebrate project, oVert for short, is a new initiative to provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public.

Over the next four years, the oVert team will CT scan 20,000 fluid-preserved specimens from U.S. museum collections, producing high-resolution anatomical data for more than 80 percent of vertebrate genera.

CT scanning is a nondestructive technology that reveals a specimen inside and out — its skeleton, muscles, circulatory and nervous systems, internal organs, parasites, eggs and stomach contents.

A selection of specimens will also be scanned with contrast-enhancing stains to characterize soft tissues.

These digital images and 3D mesh files will be open for exploration, download and 3D printing on MorphoSource, an open-access online database. These new media will provide unprecedented global access to valuable specimens in museum collections and enhance the research value of existing data-rich specimens in iDigBio.

How does oVert complement other museum digitization projects?

oVert is the first thematic collection network (TCN) to provide national and international research communities with freely-accessible, digital, 3D data for internal anatomy across vertebrate diversity.

In doing so, the initiative supports the mission of NSF's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program and iDigBio, building on previous NSF investments in digitizing vertebrate collections by making 3-D anatomical data available to scientists, students and educators around the world.

What kind of data will oVert provide?

oVert will primarily focus on providing two types of data: raw tomography data, also known as slice files, for researchers who have access to 3D rendering software and 3D models that can be viewed online or downloaded and 3D printed.

More here and here.

Runic Eye Chart

11" x 17" on glossy 12 point paper.

"Not for medical or diagnostic purposes."

Fair warning.

$9.99.