Campus Units
Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
8-2014
Journal or Book Title
GSA Today
Volume
24
Issue
8
First Page
28
Last Page
29
DOI
10.1130/GSATG211GW.1
Abstract
Geoscientists are some of most prolific producers of three-dimensional (3-D) data. These data do not belong in our computers—they belong in our hands. The power of computers to make accurate and speedy calculations on 3-D data sets is impossible for humans to match. Likewise, the power of the human mind and its sensory system to perceive qualitative aspects of physical objects is currently beyond computers. Three-dimensional printing, shorthand for a host of technologies more broadly described as “rapid prototyping,” is transforming how scientists, engineers, doctors, and artists interact with and understand 3-D data and models by allowing those data to be touched and viewed from any angle under real-world conditions. Importantly, 3-D printing produces tangible objects that are obviously intuitive to students, non-geoscientists, and decision makers.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Copyright Owner
Geological Society of America
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hasiuk, Franciszek J., "Making things geological: 3-D printing in the geosciences" (2014). Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Publications. 222.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ge_at_pubs/222
Comments
This article is published as Hasiuk, Franciszek. "Making things geological: 3-D printing in the geosciences." GSA Today 24, no. 8 (2014): 28-29. doi:10.1130/GSATG211GW.1. Posted with permission.