Only a handful of high-tech tools have been created specifically for art conservation. Most of the tools conservators use, ranging from syringes and enzyme gels to X-ray imaging and lasers and beyond, have been adopted from other industries.
An example of this adoption and creative modification is the use of a Computer Numeric Control industrial cutting tool (CNC) to remove concrete from a previous treatment from the back of a Byzantine mosaic.
Read the article in the Yale Daily News.
