A three-panel parody of Raiders of the Lost Ark: instead of locking it in a dusty vault, researchers plan MRIs, 3D scans, and open-access archiving for public download. A poke at modern data-sharing practices.
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2017-11-23AltText
Indiana Jones hears scientists describe MRI, 3D scanning, and online archiving of the Lost Ark.Transcript
Person 1: I suppose the Ark will now be shipped to some secret lab to be experimented on by top scientists and hidden away in some giant dusty warehouse.
Person 2: Not at all, Dr Jones.
Person 2: We’re going to do 3D scans as well as MRIs and upload everything to an online data repository…
Person 2: …there the public will be able to download all the data or use an online visualiser to…
