3D Scanning
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The increasing presence of facial recognition technology in our society has created some cause for alarm—and not without reason. Questions of surveillance and privacy violations are at the forefront of the technology’s criticisms, though there is also concern over the accuracy and effectiveness of facial recognition. One of the more…
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Gentle Giant Studios, a 3D Systems-owned photogrammetry company, has launched two new mobile 3D scanning studios. The two systems, the Juggernaut I and Juggernaut II, are marketed at the entertainment industry and offer a fully mobile scanning capabilities. Within the entertainment industry, 3D scanning can have many uses and applications.…
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3D scanning specialist SHINING 3D has launched its latest generation of multifunctional handheld 3D scanners, which includes the new EinScan Pro 2X and 2X Plus. The company has also released new software called ExScan Pro, as well as another software package developed in collaboration with Siemens PLM Software. “Based on…
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Some of the biggest concerns surrounding the proliferation of 3D printing technologies have to do with the possibility of 3D printed weapons and of counterfeit 3D printed goods. Though many solutions to the counterfeit risk involve hidden identification codes within 3D models, a team of researchers has developed a slightly…
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Bridget Mongeon is a talented Texan artist who has been a pioneer in adopting 3D technologies in her workflow to produce amazing bonze-casted sculptures. In 2015 we covered what is possibly her greatest work to date (and definitely her largest), the Mad Hatter Tea Party, while she was still working on it.…
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Researchers from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have developed a method for proving where 3D printed parts come from and ensuring their design integrity by embedding QR code clouds into the 3D model in a new and clever way. That is, rather than simply sticking a QR bar code…
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FARO, a supplier of 3D measurement and imaging solutions for product design, has developed the first arm-based solution to include high resolution, 3D color scanning capability. This exciting introduction includes full color 3D scanning as standard, out-of-the-box functionality in the new FARO Design ScanArm 2.5C (DSA 2.5C) The Design ScanArm 2.5C is compatible…
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Although it is often associated with high precision, small size parts, laser Stereolithography is no longer just for small stuff. In fact, it has never been, since 3D Systems own line up of industrial SLA systems is capable of reaching some impressive build volumes and Materialise has been using Mammoth…
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Besides colliding hadrons to unravel the misteries of the Universe, CERN technology is at the heart of many things that have become widespread today, from CD’s to the Internet to the Cloud. They of course use 3D printers at CERN (although not subatomic ones) ad this time New Zealand based MARS…
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E-commerce giant Amazon made headlines recently with its plans to capture 3D scans of its clients bodies for more accurate online shopping, but it is far from the only company exploring this possible application of 3D scanning technologies. For the past five or so years, an Australia-based company has been…
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