Conducting research on the main quarry of Easter Island is challenging in ordinary circumstances. The easternmost Polynesian island is a six-hour flight from the nearest airport and reaching parts of ...
Researchers have created the first-ever digital 3D model of Easter Island’s main quarry, called Rano Raraku, where the Rapanui people carved the famous moai statues. Terry Hunt has been doing ...
Fred Kahl, a creative director and designer at New York media firm Funny Garbage, is using a very new technology to create a very old thing. The new technology: MakerBot 3D printers. The old thing: ...
Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago. The volcanic rock used for the moai came from a quarry site called Rano Raraku. Archaeologists have ...
The 4th of July is almost here, which is Independence Day for us in the US. 3D artist, graphic designer, and all around “diagram guy” Don Foley is paying tribute to the American holiday with a 3D ...