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The RCI plant also has a foundry and gas furnace used to melt bronze. They can cast an entire specimen in the metal, allowing for a ‘hands-on’ experience when viewing.
a 3D printer that looks like it came straight out of a Star Trek episode. Technology is bringing change to the way RCI does things. As we make our way out of the fossil room, past shelves stacked high with bins of molds, Peter introduces one last employee. Her name is Amelia and she’s Peter’s daughter. While siblings Alex and Jaqueline pursued other interests (though both science-based!) Amelia has been working with her dad for the past 13 years. What’s it like to work with your father every day? Both Mays look at each other and shrug matter-of-factly. “Amelia started ‘fibreglassing’ (casting specimens in fibreglass) for me when she was 16,” says Peter, looking to his daughter for a nod of confirmation. Father and daughter chat briefly about some yardwork Amelia has waiting at her house in town and she heads off. The place is starting to empty out. Anxious to get back to his own home in Warkworth, Peter has begun to make pointed references to the time and the amount of work still left to do. A load of Argentinean dinosaurs arrives tomorrow, along with a Cineplex film crew shooting footage for a ROM movie trailer. The RCI team are busy people; I am apologetically but firmly ushered to the door. In my car and homeward-bound myself, I’m halfway there before I think to ask: did Peter ever get to meet Steven Spielberg? Next question: where can I get my hands on a copy of the movie Jurassic Park?
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