Karin Van Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> On Sun, 21 May 2000 18:06:45 PDT, Evergreen Gerbils Ltd. wrote:
> (message-ID<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )
>
>>The way a scanner works is basically the same as a copier, and if you've
>>ever tried to copy something like your hand, you'll notice that the only
>>part that turns out is the part that is actually touching the glass. If you
>>tried this, you would most likely get nothing but the feet of the gerbils.
>
>No, it does work! Vera once scanned a dead gerbil (the first blue one we
>got, who died at age of 4 weeks). The result was a very nice picture,
>looked like a normal picture of the whole gerbil. The colour was very well
>visible. So where the genitals, btw. You could perfectly tell the sex of
>the animal.
>
>Karin.
Certainly scanners are better than photocopiers at three dimensional
images although I am surprised Vera had such good results. There are
scanners which are designed to scan three dimensional objects. It is all
to do with the point of focus and some very clever software.
--
Julian
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