While 3D printers are gradually becoming more popular, their possibilities are limited if you lack the skills to create custom 3D models. This has led to a surge in the development of user-friendly 3D ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEZz6f4M-U&feature=player_embedded#at=52] The Photon 3D scanner is a self-contained laser scanner that creates point clouds ...

Have you ever wished you could convert that precious manuscript or important books into digital forms in an easy manner that preserves the original format or quality? The CZUR Aura scanner offers that ...

Undeniably fun: Now one new additive-manufacturing printer scans objects and makes copies on the fly. Announced late last week at South by Southwest, MakerBot's Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner turns ...

Today the world of Egyptology faces a silent crisis—not of looting, although that plays a part, but of disconnection. Walk into any major museum, from Copenhagen to California, and you see glass cases ...

There are multiple apps that use the iPhone to perform 3D scanning of objects, but most of them require a LiDAR scanner (distance measuring sensor) and cannot be used on models that do not have a ...

Got something you want to scan in 3D? It turns out you can use your iPhone with apps like Qlone, Scandy Pro, and Polycam, without any special hardware. With Apple rolling out Object Capture on MacOS ...

Computer models are typically created by specialists using dedicated CAD software or animation packages. The more detailed the object, the more time and experience it takes to make it. One shortcut ...

Presenting the 2nd prize winner in the TI LDC1000 inductive sensor design contest. My original idea was to use the LDC1000 to sense the liquid level in a low cost resin style 3D printer, but after ...