3d scanning
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This Kiwi Music Video Was Filmed With A Kinect And Industrial Laser Scanner
Video: New Zealand electronica artist Devin Abrams, under his solo project Pacific Heights, has just released a music video for his newest single Buried By The Burden. The video wasn’t actually filmed with any cameras, though — instead, the entire environment was depth-captured with an industrial laser scanner, while the song’s vocalist Louis Baker’s likeness…
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3D Printing The Future With A Replicator Is Still Sci-Fi, But Here’s A Start
The dream of the Replicator — a machine that can create or copy any object — has mesmerised us ever since Star Trek used one to conjure a glass of water out of thin air. Yet, like so much other sci-fi tech invented by show business, it’s always been just out of reach. The 3D…
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Trying Out A 3D Scanner That Makes Helmets Custom-Moulded To Your Head
It’s not hard to find a badass-looking helmet for your adrenaline-fuelled hobbies. The trick is finding one that fits correctly. For decades, that’s meant buying a standard (S/M/L) size lid and rearranging the padding to conform to your noggin. Recently, I got to try out a much better way.
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3D Scanning Saved These Ancient Footprints Just Before They Washed Away
In May 2013, a storm uncovered these ancient footprints on an English beach. At over 800,000 years old, they’re the oldest human ancestor footprints ever found outside of Africa. The storm that revealed them soon washed them away too, but scientists have been studying the footprints for months after the fact, thanks to 3D imaging.