Princeton Grinding Imaging and Reconstruction Instrument (GIRI) Grinds Rock (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Princeton Grinding Imaging and Reconstruction Instrument (GIRI) Grinds Rock

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Princeton University geoscientist Adam Maloof has spent five years perfecting a combination grinder and imaging system that can create a three-dimensional 'virtual tour' through the inside of any solid object, from rocks to batteries. Here, a diamond wheel grinds a sample in the Princeton Grinding Imaging and Reconstruction Instrument (GIRI) in the Grinder Lab behind Guyot Hall, Princeton University.

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Courtesy of Adam Maloof and Akshay Mehra, Princeton University Department of Geosciences

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