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Hubble Images Become Tactile 3D Experience For the Blind

Posted by samzenpus on from the feel-the-space dept.

An anonymous reader writes "3D printers are transforming the business, medical, and consumer landscapes by creating objects like airplane parts, lamps, jewellery, and even artificial human bones. Now astronomers are experimenting with the technology to transform astronomy education, turning images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope into tactile 3D pictures for people who cannot explore celestial wonders visually."

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  1. Cold... cold... warm. Hot, hot, hot.... by c0lo · · Score: 2

    Be prepared to touch a range starting from cold cosmic dust clouds to the zillions of Kelvins or so of neutron stars.
    But... avoid the black holes experience if you can.

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  2. Shouldn't be hard by grub · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Feel this 3D printed model of a star?"

    "Yes."

    "Imagine countless billions more of them so far away you can't touch them."

    "Whoa."

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