It seems like just a year or two ago that 3D printing was a brand new idea known only to those keeping a watchful eye on innovative tech for the future. Nonetheless, that technology has quickly become ...

People that are heavily into 3D printing can get new things to print into their computer for the printer to work on using a 3D scanner. A new 3D scanner has debuted called eora 3D and unlike some ...

In early October, researchers will show off Microsoft's new MobileFusion technology, a project that enables an ordinary smartphone to serve as a 3D scanner. MobileFusion is notable for a number of ...

Following on from its unveiling back in September of this year, Smart3D has now launched their Pixelio smartphone 3D scanner on the Kickstarter crowdfunding website with the aim of raising £33,000 to ...

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 ...

Virtual facebow records created with a smartphone 3D scanner may serve as a reliable alternative to conventional facebows, according to a clinical study recently published in the Journal of Prosthetic ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have built a cheap 3D-printed attachment able to turn smartphones into sophisticated microscopes. Armed with the new device, a ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

3D scanning aims to capture the geometry of the 3D world. However, most existing solutions require a complicated setup, are often hard to use and might not always work outdoors. Marc Pollefeys, ...

Using the power of Arduino and utilizing the camera and powerful performance of a smartphone, QLRO has created a fantastic 3D scanner aptly named the AAScan. This innovative device leverages the ...

Microsoft Research is working on a new technology called MobileFusion that will allow users to create high-quality 3D images in real time using a regular smartphone. By slowly panning a smartphone ...