In the coming decades, it seems inevitable that architects will increasingly focus on renovations and rehabilitations –especially in established urban centers–, whether to modernize outdated ...

3D scanning is becoming much more accessible, which means it’s more likely that the average hacker will use it to solve problems — possibly odd ones. That being the case, a handy tool to have in one’s ...

Getting point-cloud data to verify as-builts and quickly map out an interior space is often a matter of balancing time and cost. But new smaller, easier-to-use scanners are coming to market that don’t ...

The concept of a 3D scanner can seem rather simple in theory: simply point a camera at the physical object you wish to scan in, rotate around the object to capture all angles and stitch it ...

PiLiDAR uses LDRobot's LiDAR sensor to scan the surrounding space in two dimensions and acquire and visualize the data in real time. The sensor is connected to a Raspberry Pi and is precisely ...

Portable 3D scanners utilize a non-contact measurement principle, projecting a grid or laser line onto the surface of an ...

It’s called ProFORMA, or Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition, but it is way cooler than it sounds. The software, written by a team headed by Qi Pan, a student at the Department ...

3D Systems has this seek unveiled its new Capture Mini 3D scanner and cloud 3D printing software that the company has created to make the process of printing real life object after converting them to ...