Digital files can in fact create a 3-dimensional solid object. By panoramic digital photography, online software's are able to create a 3-demensional model of the the object it exams. This postmodernistic form of art is now pushing artists imaginations to unprecedented limits. Preceding this from of 3D design, clay molds were often used to represent historical monuments. The precision that comes along with this new technology creates near exact replicas of the object it scans. In the lecture held at Loyola University's Library, the example displayed was a short video from former President Barack Obama. They used the latest in the most cutting edge scanning technology to then 3 dimensionally sculpt Obama. This not only creates a precise clone and history of an object of sentimental value but can be used medically as well. Despite artistic use this form of scanning can now produce tissue with blood cells, low-cost prosthetic parts, bones, and even heart valves. Many uses are available for this technology but the influence it has on art is still so young it is for now left up to the artists to etch into a new unique form of expression.
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