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3D Printing Technology Used to Create Replicas of Historic Buddhist Statues in China

I re-watched one of my favorite movies this weekend, Hitch, about a New York City dating consultant played by Will Smith. While on an early morning date to Ellis Island…

The Smithsonian Uses High-Resolution 3D Scanning, Autodesk’s Ember to Reveal the Secrets of the Cosmic Buddha

The Cosmic Buddha, or Vairochana, is a life-sized headless Buddha statue that was carved from limestone in the sixth century. What makes it special is its robe, which has been…

3D Printing Artist Chris Milnes Explores Controversial Pop Cultural Variations of Laughing Buddha Statue

“A jug fills drop by drop,” Buddha once said. And when it comes to 3D printing, Buddha would probably say something like “A 3D printer extrudes filament layer by filament layer.” If you know anyone…

Japanese Now Worshipping 3D Printed Statues

One of the major religions in Japan is Buddhism, a religion that differs quite a bit from what most of us in the Western World believe. While they don’t exactly…