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n roll! So how and why is FARO involved.
Well, for the very reason that Sir Hugh
loved a fast life, he suffered a very slow
and agonising death he was hanged,
drawn and quartered!
All that is left of his mortal remains are
his bones. But they tell a fascinating story
and provide useful information to archae-
ologists, anthropologists and forensic sci-
entists alike. Unfortunately as most human
skeletal remains, they are very fragile and
are literally turning to dust. As this happens,
this useful research tool is lost to the aca-
Lee Cook scanning a vertebra from the skeleton
Sex, drugs & rock n rollkept alive by ScanArmTHEDepartment of Forensic Science
and Crime Science at Staffordshire
Universitys Faculty of Science used
the FARO Laser ScanArm to scan the
bones of Hugh de Spencer, a Medi-
eval bon vivant.
If anyone remembers history lessons in
school as being boring, then they never
heard of Sir Hugh de Spencer the young-
er. In his day, he lived a lifestyle that today
would be classed as sex, drugs and rock
demic community. Also, the vary fact that
they are fragile means that they cannot
travel around the UK to be used by scien-
tists as they will be damaged even more
quickly; that is where FARO comes in. By
scanning the bones, the digital informa-
tion can be used by anyone with an ap-
propriate interest in research or teaching
and they can even reverse engineer the
bones should they need to do so. This way,
the bones are more readily available to a
wider audience and in theory the data will
last for decades or longer. As this pilot>>
"The ScanArm did exactly what we want-
ed - quickly, efciently and to high qual-
ity...and that's making no bones about it!"JOHN P. CASSELLA
STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITYuser story 05/2010
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U S E R S T O R Y H U G H D E S P E N C E R
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ABOUT STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY
Voted top by students - Fo-
rensic and Crime Science at
Staffordshire University was
rated the UKs top Forensic
Science Department in the
National Student Survey
2006 which asks all final year
undergraduate students in
the country what they think
of their course and univer-
sity.
Studies at the Forensic and
Crime Science department
includes learning from pro-
project spreads and other
skeleton are recorded, the dig-
itised virtual catalogue that will
result will allow the skeletal ma-
terial to be examined by a wid-
er audience, whilst preventing
the unavoidable damage thatoccurs when handling such fri-
able material and should en-
sure the skeletons live-on for
many years after their physical
manifestation ends.
This scanning digitisation
project will build upon a suc-
cessful earlier project resulting
in a resource bank of photo-
graphic images of the Hugh
De Spencer Skeletal remains.
Through the use of laser
digitisation of the skele-
tal material there will becomplimentary information
about the minutiae of the de-
tails associated with the gen-
eral skeletal markers as well as
the unique forensic pathologi-
cal markers considered to be a
result of the hanging, drawing
and quartering he suffered. This
skeletons history is particularly
well known and documented
(A Traitors Death the identity
of a drawn, hanged and quar-
tered man from Hulton Abbey
Staffordshire, Mary Lewis, An-tiquity 2008 82:11-124) and this
level of detail makes him al-
most unique in the country.
The digital and photographic
skeletal material may be used
by different educationalists
to disseminate ndings about
the people that were buried
at Hulton Abbey in Stoke-on-
Trent; it will tell us ore about
how they lived and how they
died.
ABOUT FARO
FARO develops and markets
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equipment and software for
creating digital 3D models.
The equipment enables highly
precise 3D measurements, 3D
comparisons of small and large
parts and components directly
in production, factory planning,
and as-built documentation -
like specialised applications in
mechanical engineering.
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1Mobility: Large and heavy
components must no
longer be transported to the
measuring machine. Quality
control can be completed
on-site with the measuring
arm. A patented temperature
compensator assures reliable
measurement results.
2Flexibility: Thanks to the use
of multiple rotary axles,
the measuring probe can be
positioned at the point to bemeasured, even if it is difcult
to reach.
3Counterbalance: The in-
ternal weight counterbal-
ance in the FaroArm enables
measurements to be com-
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bered wo rk .
4Universal mounting: The
measuring arm can be
mounted and operated very
easily, regardless of the surface
being worked on.
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The measuring arm can be
mounted and operated very
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REVERSE ENGINEERING
ABOUT HUGH DE SPENCER
On the 16th November 1326,
Despenser was publicly humili-
ated by being stripped and
dressed in reversed arms, with
a crown of nettles placed on
his head. He was then roped
to four horses, rather than
the usual two, and dragged
through Hereford, where
he was hanged, or rather
choked, on gallows at 50 feet
with his body supported by a
ladder. Medieval chronicler
Jean Froissart reported that
Hugh was castrated, with
Cervical vertebra neck bone showing a clean sharp chop possibly
as part of the decapitation
Scan showing the above cervical vertebra neck bone with the clean
sharp chop mark
his testicles thrown into the
re below, because he was
considered a heretic and sus-
pected of 'unnatural' practic-
es with the King. Still conscious,
Despenser was dragged
from the gallows, a knife was
plunged into his abdomen
and his entrails and heart
were cut out and burned. The
corpse was lowered to the
ground and decapitated.
(Text taken from - Lewis, Antiq-
uity 2008 82:11-124).
fessional forensic scientists
and committed academic
staff; viewing forensics
research pages, linking with
external forensic com-
panies, practitioners and
organisations, viewing the
forensic science team build-
ing course video, studying
at modern, state-of-the-art
facilities and laboratories.
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