Past forward: world's most famous teapot [Past forward]

Do you recognize this teapot? Tea boffins might recognize it as a Melitta product. Computer graphics people, though, know this as the "Utah teapot." In the mid-1970s, Martin Newell created an impressive 3D model of the teapot for his Ph.D. work at the University of Utah. Other researchers adopted the iconic teapot to develop new graphics hardware and software. It also made cameo appearances in Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and “The Simpsons,” eventually earning it the moniker of "World' Most Famous Teapot."