[Maxzillian] sent in a pretty amazing project he’s been beta testing called ReconstructMe. Even though this project is just the result of software developers getting bored at their job, there’s a lot ...

[Christopher] from the Bamberg Germany hackerspace, [Backspace], wrote in to tell us about one of the group’s most recent projects. It’s a Kinect-based 3D scanner (translated) that has been made ...

University of California, San Diego students preparing for a future archaeological dig to Jordan will likely pack a Microsoft Kinect, but it won’t be used for post-dig, all-night gaming marathons.

July 19, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google When you need to scan an image, you use a regular scanner, but what do you do when you need to scan a 3D object?

If we've crossed paths in the past week, there's a pretty good chance I've scanned you. This extends well beyond the human race, into the realms of animal, vegetable, plush toy and fruit bowl. Some ...

I recently covered rapid prototyping and 3D printers (see Tap New Technologies To Produce Practically Perfect Prototypes). So what would the best complement be to a low cost 3D printer? How about a ...