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Scan of the Month

2 pointsby will_walkerover 3 years ago

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will_walkerover 3 years ago
A thoughtful tour of a Lego minifig as sliced by a CT scanner. This is kind of the reverse of 3D printing - rather than build something layer by layer, the assembly is scanned and visualized in slices, allowing a peek into the way parts mate. Differences in density can be automatically color coded - in this case the dye of the figurine provides a convenient separation between differently-colored parts.<p>I never knew that the hands of minifigs were ribbed to create a rotating press fit!<p>This reminds me of the fun I have reading [name that ware](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bunniestudios.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;?cat=54" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bunniestudios.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;?cat=54</a>) by Bunny Huang. There&#x27;s a sense of discovery and delight in analyzing the choices made by designers of physical things.<p>Does anyone know the site library used to pull off this scroll-animation? It works excellently on mobile and I recall it being used heavily on Apple.com to showcase product cut-aways.