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 ...

Pepperl+Fuchs has combined laser pulse ranging and piezoelectric 2D scanning to create 3D point clouds. Adopting mems scanner technology from the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology ...

Laser-scanning technology can create exceptionally detailed 3D models of cultural sites, bringing them to life online—and helping experts restore them if disaster strikes. For the last decade, the ...

3D scanning is important because the ability to digitize awkward or troublesome shapes from the real world can really hit the spot. One can reconstruct objects by drawing them up in CAD, but when ...

These days, it seems like everyone and their dog is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund their very own 3D printer, and the market's quickly become saturated with a plethora of models to choose from ...

On one recent Texas DOT project, SAM scanned 48 miles of highway. Ultimately, it was a hybrid job, with terrestrial lasers collecting data beneath overpasses and conventional survey setting control ...

Building a new Wet Weather Treatment Facility to improve stormwater management as well as a diversion structure to handle emergency high-level overflow In Chicago, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation ...