3d scanner

Sketchfab and Fuel3D Will Make it Possible to Scan and Publish 3D Models on the Web

Soon it’s going to be completely feasible to upload your 3D models to the web thanks to Sketchfab and Fuel3D. The latter has developed a handheld 3D scanner that provides…

3D Systems Announces Their Capture Mini 3D Scanner Offering Smaller Size with Greater Accuracy

If you are at EuroMold 2014 this week, you better be taking your vitamins and getting your sleep the night before, as it is going to be an all-out extravaganza…

Shapeways & Occipital Design Challenge: iPhone 6 & 6 Plus Phone Case Bracket for Structure Sensor

As 3D printing becomes ever more ubiquitous, the associated technology will be ever more at our fingertips. And what could be more at your fingertips than your own smartphone? Most…

BMW M3 Spoilers Recreated Using 3D Scanners for US Market, Thanks to EMS

BMW isn’t just for luxury: the BMW M series of sport cars have been around since the ’60s. The M, which stands for Motorsport, signifies a BMW-made vehicle with… well,…

Fuel3D Announces $6.4 Million in Additional Funding

Numerous Kickstarter projects have graduated to become full-fledged companies. The ability to exploit the power of the crowd to launch an innovative new idea or product is changing the way…

3D Print Anything! Autodesk Releases Free 3D Scanning App, 123D Catch on Android Devices

The world is enormous, there are places which have yet to be discovered, and species of plants and animals that have yet to be uncovered. However, for those things that are…

FABtotum 3D Printer, 3D Scanner & CNC Machine Begins Shipping – Pre-orders Available for $999

Last year, a new 3D printing machine burst onto the scenes via a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Looking to raise $50,000 in order to begin full-scale production, FABtotum blew past…

3D Printed Reproduction of Memorial Statue of Fallen Navy Seal to Raise Money for Veterans

Navy Seal Chris Kyle, most widely known as the author of American Sniper, is the subject of a life-size sculpture. Kyle was killed, not while on one of his four…

Matter and Form – First Affordable Crowd Funded 3D Scanner Ready to Ship

More big 3D printing news out of Canada as Matter and Form roll out their new high resolution 3D scanner. What makes this different? It’s the first crowd-funded scanner of…

MIT Researchers Create a ‘Smart’ 3D Printer That Can Locate an Object & Print on Top of it

Last week, I reported on 3 MIT students that had created a 3D Printer capable of printing with ice cream. The Ice Cream 3D Printer was developed as part of Professor…

Marvel 3D Printer Comes to Sam’s Club

For the grand opening of the Sam’s Club which was relocated from south Fort Worth to Burleson Boulevard in Fort Worth, TX, the store has pulled out all the stops. Charles…

itSeez3D Turns iPad Into “Unbelievable” 3D Scanner with Help of a Structure Sensor

When it comes to 3D scanning, more and more solutions are becoming available as the months go by. 3D scanning is allowing us to take photographs of people and things,…

Mobile 3D Printed Portrait Lab to Help The Visually Impaired, Seeks Kickstarter Funding

Like so many helpful innovations, this project began when a designer saw someone they loved struggling. Richard Knieper’s grandmother lost her sight completely and found herself cut off from the…

Replica Labs to Launch ‘Rendor’ Application to Turn any Smartphone Camera into a Powerful 3D Scanner

When affordable flatbed 2D scanners first appeared in the 1990’s they provided almost anyone the ability to copy documents from the comfort of their own home. They also allowed us…

ZEUS, The World’s First ALL-IN-ONE 3D Printer, 3D Copier, 3D Fax Machine Now Available for $2,499

3D printing has made tremendous strides over the past few years. This year alone, we have seen the prices of 3D printers drop significantly. 3D scanning is still in its…

Creaform Launches The Go!SCAN 20 and Go!SCAN 50 3D Scanners

Scanning in 3D has been around for years, however the increased popularity of 3D printing has brought a great deal of interest to the 3D scanning market as of late….

Kickstarter Success, Fuel3D, Secures $1.1 Million For 3D Medical Scanner Development

There has been a lot of talk this week about 3D technologies on Kickstarter, with M3D’s “The Micro” printer bringing in over $1 million in funding in under 24 hours on…

Roswell Police Using FARO 3D Scanner to Document Thurday’s Shooting

Early Thursday morning, two 911 calls were made from a home, and from the neighbors of that home, in Roswell, NM. A 34 year old man was threatening his girlfriend…

Fuel3D Scanner To Announce Additional Funding At 3D Print Show in NYC

Last September, a company popped up out of the woodwork with the help of crowdfunding’s leading platform, Kickstarter.com. Fuel3D emerged on the scene and more than quadrupled their $75,000 funding…

MakerBot Puts Their Digitizer 3D Scanner on Sale – Almost 50% Off Original Price

If you are someone that loves using your 3D Printer, but hates to spend days on end perfecting your designs, it might be time to add an additional gadget to…