Preparing Dinosaur Fossils Inside AMNH

[MaxterandKiwiKing]

The armored dino I mean.

[MaxterandKiwiKing]

Thumbs up if you know the dinosaurs genus name.

[TheGuromu]

I am also a preparator of vertebrate fossils, and was glad to see that finally someone explains how to make the whole process of preparation of fossils in the paleontology laboratory ... because often people do not realize that the fossil must be prepared , studied and then exposed .... and the preparation of these same fossils takes months or even years! =)

[endspire]

thats cool

[kalehause]

copy of skull?

[JabberCT]

Awesome!

[1Weemaryanne]

Hard work, with very cool results.

[amorphousguy]

I do this fun stuff at the Museum of the Rockies.

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

I always wondered if you used 3D scanners to produce digital models so that the specimens can be prototyped by whoever needs them.

[SEThatered]

@FluffyBunniesOnFire

Yes they 3D-laser scanners are used

(mostly on a very pricy, fragile, rare or from private collection items).

But by today standards, it is a whole lot of boring work.

Because all you get is a point cloud, wich contains millions and billions(milliards) of points.

So it needs a thorough additional work to convert it into NURBs os triangulated surfaces.

Trust me - you don't want to be one who does this.

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

@SEThatered I've always fancied geometry and algorithms. I might need an extra-cozy wrist cushion for my mouse hand, but compared to other work I've had to do, this is the kind of challenge I could actually dig.

[SEThatered]

@FluffyBunniesOnFire

It is not that boring and hard, but rather confusing (wich points i should take, wich delete?)

and a bit of frustrating (because my pc crashes a lot handling billion points).

I did such work earlier, and i decided to wait until some better software comes out.

Now there are such software, but the price is biting.

[SEThatered]

@FluffyBunniesOnFire

But if you are truly dedicated, you can try.

Besides museums are always happy to have extra help.

You can dedicate your pc and time and help the museum of your choice.

Just contact them directly.

Some of them can even provide you with a software under their licence

(for that you should usually sign a contract, but it is never a rip-off).

P.S. Personally, i think it is the best kind of donation, everybody can do.

[dragonamt]

My friend does this at the museum of natural history in Ann Arbor MI, he is a paleontology major at the University of Michigan. Last I talked to him he was working on a mastodon skeleton. This is very cool.

[Spinobreaker]

this is insane... itd be cool, and boring as hell lol

[Hexpigge]

240p! awesome. I don't really know what to say, doing all this job might be fun and interesting, but so hard. Great video! :].