3D cipher

As part of the eHeritage funding, approximately 60 cipher machines from the cryptography collection of the Deutsches Museum are being scanned using CT scans at the Fraunhofer EZRT and made available to the public as open data. This form of digitization allows the study of the encryption technologies hidden within the devices without causing irreparable damage to the historical exhibits.

Project goals are:

• Methodically, the cipher machines of the collection will be CT-scanned.
• Beyond this data provision, two main devices of the collection will be exemplarily detailed to provide a basis for presentations, visualizations, and model animations of the CT scans.
• All data obtained from the project will ultimately be made available to research and the public as open data via the Deutsches Museum Digital portal.
• Interim steps and results of this project will be published in lectures and publications during the project duration.

• Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Project duration: 10/01/2020 – 09/30/2023