Canadian 3-D scanning technology acquired by top European museums
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A Canadian company offering technology that makes 3-D digital duplicates of cultural artifacts while leaving them unscathed has inked two deals in as many weeks with a pair of prominent European museums.
Arius3D Canada Inc., which is based in Mississauga, Ont., said Thursday that it will be supplying its 3-D laser scanner to the University College of London's Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, where it will be housed at the Chorley Institute.
The installation of the Arius3D Foundation System, which makes colour, three-dimensional archival digital scans, will be the first time that kind of advanced technology is installed anywhere in Europe, the UCL said in a statement.
Last week, Arius3D said it had signed an agreement with the Louvre in Paris. The Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF) will use the system to digitally archive some of France's most important cultural and historical works.
Arius3D is the exclusive licensee of the 3-D technology, which was developed by the National Research Council.
The technology was recently used by the research body to examine Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Mona Lisa.
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