Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical engineering at Padua University in Italy and co-author of the book "The Mystery of the Shroud, " said the app will be "very useful" to the scientific community.

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The project has been surrounded by a shroud of mystery since day one, a mystery that characterizes Faena himself.

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