U-M Partners in Project to Create Digital Encyclopedia of Thousands of 3-D Vertebrate Specimens
August 24, 2017
August 24, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 24 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch oVert, a new initiative to "teleport" museum specimens from their shelves to the Internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public.
The University of Michigan is one of 16 research institutions included in the grant. oV . . .
A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch oVert, a new initiative to "teleport" museum specimens from their shelves to the Internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public.
The University of Michigan is one of 16 research institutions included in the grant. oV . . .