Heads up: Legislators see the new face of high-tech manufacturing

Some of the manufactured heads of members of the General Assembly, some more recognizable than others.

Some of the manufactured heads of members of the General Assembly, some more recognizable than others.

In case the legislators were losing their heads over tax hikes or gun control, dozens of lawmakers had their heads handed to them on Friday, or at least a reasonable facsimile.

Several weeks ago, folks from The Object Lab at Towson University and Direct Dimensions company of Owings Mills came to Annapolis and made digital images of senators and delegates to show off the company’s Shapeshot technology, the next generation of manufacturing in Maryland.

With the three-dimensional image, the company creates a scale model of the head using a layering process.

The idea was to give the legislators “a positive image of manufacturing,” said Mike Galiazzo, president of the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland.

–Len Lazarick

 

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The layering machine for making the heads.

The layering machine for making the heads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gov. Martin O'Malley's head shots.

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s head shots.

About The Author

Len Lazarick

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Len Lazarick was the founding editor and publisher of MarylandReporter.com and is currently the president of its nonprofit corporation and chairman of its board He was formerly the State House bureau chief of the daily Baltimore Examiner from its start in April 2006 to its demise in February 2009. He was a copy editor on the national desk of the Washington Post for eight years before that, and has spent decades covering Maryland politics and government.

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