Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using 3D modeling and field experiments, researchers led by Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo have verified that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A research team has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient people of Rapa Nui "walked" the iconic moai ...

Peopoly based in Los Angeles has this week unveiled a new high-resolution laser SLA 3D printer they have created in the form of Moai, which is both affordable and provides a class-leading 70 micron ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by “remarkably few” of the island’s indigenous Rapa Nui people, solving a ...

It is funny how we always seem to pay the same for a new computer. The price stays the same, but the power of the computer is better each time. It would appear 3D printers may be the same story. After ...

For generations, scientists have been fascinated by how the ancient people of Rapa Nui managed to move the island’s enormous moai statues. Now, through a mix of physics, 3D modeling, and hands-on ...

Lipo's team created 3D models of moai to determine the unique characteristics that made them able to be "walked" across Rapa Nui. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of archaeology’s longest-standing mysteries. How did an island society, remote ...