Published on June 22, 2017
Microsoft experts showcase experimental software by using an Xbox Kinect to make a 3D scan of Sir Isaac Newton’s Death Mask. The mask – cast from Newton’s face after he died – is kept in the collection of The Royal Society in London.
With thanks to Microsoft Research Cambridge, The Royal Society – and YouTuber AlanKey86 for the music.
Professor Martyn Poliakoff is foreign secretary of The Royal Society. The Microsoft guys scanned him too!
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