[Editor’s note: A few days later, it looks now like Prusa pulled the models of their own accord, because of their interpretation of the copyright law. Creative Tools and NTI claim that they w…
I always wondered why someone from Utah would model a teapot. After all, it’s not very American. But now that I’ve just done some digging…
Martin Edward Newell is a British-born computer scientist specializing in computer graphics who is perhaps best known as the creator of the Utah teapot computer model.
It would be nice for the teapot to make a comeback, since it used to be used to benchmark 3d computer graphics
The Utah Teapot.
I always wondered why someone from Utah would model a teapot. After all, it’s not very American. But now that I’ve just done some digging…
Everything is clear to me now lol
Mormons drink lots of herbal (caffeine-free) tea.
Yeah, if it was a Utahn, it would probably be a soda cup.
It doesn’t have enough sharp edges, overhangs, etc that make the benchy useful to tuning and evaluating a 3D printer
What’s needed is more like a carburetor.
Those could be added.
Put a window in that teapot!