A group of archaeologists have put their 3D printer to use cranking out parts of a model of a building that they think might have been used for a night by the famous Richard III, he of the "My kingdom for a horse" fame.
Seems a 19th Century architect left a notebook with a very detailed drawing of the Blue Boar Inn, where Richard stayed the night before the Battle of Bosworth Field. Henry VII's Yorks carried the day, won the Wars of the Roses, and created the Tudor line. Richard met his end that day.
The University of Leicester archaeologists got to work and turned the 19th Century drawings, which included measurements and descriptions of the tiniest detail, into 21st Century three-dimensional walls and roof, with a bit of CAD modeling thrown in in the middle.
Now that the model is complete, the reconstructers can get on to building the real thing.
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