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June 01, 2008

"Scientists to Copy Anicent Iraqi Tablets"

Middle East Times: "Scientists to copy anicent Iraqi tablets":

A team of Italian scientists is exploring a rapid prototyping laser-scanning technique to reproduce 5,000-year-old Iraqi cuneiform tablets.

Scientists with Pisa University's Assyriology Department and the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment conceived of the project dubbed "Duplication and Rebirth" to re-create replicas of the tablets dating from the Mesopotamian era.

January 26, 2006

Microsoft Announces 'Live Labs'

Via SearchEngineWatch, Microsoft announces 'Live Labs' that will investigate, among other things, rapid prototyping.