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Microsoft's Kinect sensor has found itself at the centre of a major art world scandal.As reported by Hyperallergic, the drama began last month when a couple of artists allegedly used the Microsoft peripheral to scan the bust of Queen Nefertiti, a highly esteemed Egyptian artifact held at the Neues Museum in Berlin. This was done without the museum's permission, mind you, as it's the museum's prize gem and off limits to photographers.
The artists in question, Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, released data from the 3D scan so anyone could recreate the esteemed heirloom with a 3D printer. The artists did that very thing and manifested what is now referred to as The Other Nefertiti.
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