It’s wasn’t too many years ago that inspecting a bridge, evaluating safe passage, or planning a route took a brave soul to volunteer or a less brave soul to draw the short straw.
This week’s question delves into the science of producing life-size head sculptures using 3D scanning and 3D printing.
A helmet manufacturer is using distributed 3D scanning technology to produce bespoke products for customers.
Researchers have found a way to reverse engineer a 3D printed part by examining its microstructure.
I spoke to some folks from Superfeet Worldwide, who described how they use 3D printing technology in their footwear operation.
This week’s selection is “Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design” by David Halbstein.
Some providers of 3D software are adapting their products to allow more easy work-at-home activities.
Scientific research into using 3D bioprinting to re-create and regenerate human limbs and organs from patient-specific DNA is progressing slowly but surely.
Anna Shcherbinina has been working at Artec 3D for nine years.
It turns out the Smithsonian has a relatively large (for museums) library of downloadable 3D models for 3D printing. We’re trying one now.
This week’s question is from reader Rinaldi Gotama, who asks about 3D scanning.
A researcher wants to know more about how you use photogrammetry, and you can fill out his survey to help a research project.
Need help transforming a 3D scan into a 3D model? One way is to use R3DS Wrap, whose new version has some powerful 3D modeling capabilities.
How do you make aircraft wings resistant to icing? By carefully 3D scanning the way wing icing occurs, and 3D printing test wings.
Advanced Manufacturing is the use of innovative technology to improve products or processes. Today, these advancements are especially prominent in the healthcare industry, where we see innovations in prosthetics, dentistry, and medical models.
Ever wonder when 3D scanning was invented? It seems that a form of 3D scan, called Photosculpture, was developed in the 1800s by a French artist.
A new 3D printing startup, Womp, is taking an unusual path to offer several 3D services to the public in an easy to use fashion.
Adrian Bowyer proposes an incredible 3D printing process that could 3D print objects instantly in many materials, including copper and titanium.
Need an automated 3D scanner for small objects like jewelry? Consider the new Artec Turntable device with the Artec Space Spider to capture high rez scans.
Multi-material 3D printing and machining is possible on the Diabase Engineering H-Series Machine Tool. It offers 3D printing and several milling options .
If you’re engineering hardware that has any one of: a camera, an LED, a display, an IR sensor, a lens, a laser, a reflector, or an optical fiber, guess what?!
Dawn Morse is the co-founder of Holodeck 3D Studios, a 3D photography and printing studio.
Industry expert Todd Grimm set the stage for RAPID + TCT 2019 with a speedy rundown of what’s new in 3D printing.
I’m looking at an interesting 3D model service called Bodyblock.
This is an entry in our 3D Print Learning Series, focusing on 3D Scanning.
The recent fire at Notre Dame in Paris was certainly a tragedy, but it also hints at the future of 3D printing.
We’ve received additional information about the IVI 3D printer detailed last week.
I’m looking at some details on an upcoming 3D printer that seems too good to believe.
Scan Dimension has released a new tabletop 3D scanner, the SOL.
Yes, 3D printed fingerprints can fool smartphone scanners. No, that shouldn’t keep you up at night.
For some designers and engineers, 3D scanning physical objects to use as reference models can be the ultimate time-saver.
Google Arts and Culture is using Stratasys’ 3D printing technology to accurately recreate ancient history.
We’re giving a new 3D scanning app a quick test today.
This week’s question delves into the mysterious world of 3D scanning and 3D modeling, typically unknown territory for 3D printing newbies.
This week’s question comes from reader Jim Hohimer.
A reader comment got me thinking about the future of 3D printed repairs.
Charles Goulding and Andressa Bonafe of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing and artifact restoration.
Have you heard of “continuous-time structure from motion”? You may hear a lot more soon.
An unbelievable cultural catastrophe occurred in Rio de Janeiro, when the country’s national museum caught fire and destroyed all.
Researchers have developed a very tricky method to embed tracking information into 3D prints.
Some folks found a way to 3D print full color cityscapes directly from Google Earth.
I’ve been playing with the new Amazon Part Finder, and had some thoughts about where this tech could go.
Google’s DeepMind project has developed some interesting 3D capabilities.
If you’ve even used a handheld 3D scanner, you know what’s going to happen.
Some interesting research at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 3D scanning may offer some very intriguing possibilities.
Good news for those looking to add 3D capabilities to any device or machine as Intel recently released their RealSense 400 series depth cameras.
It turns out that Microsoft has now officially ceased production of their popular 3D sensor, the Kinect. What does this mean for 3D printing?
UK researchers have developed a very effective method of producing reasonably accurate 3D models from a single, 2D image.
One of the best cloud services for photogrammetry just changed itself around.
After making a splash and swimming around a bit with its Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technology, HP is now stepping into the custom footwear race with a new 3D scanning solution dubbed the FitStation.
I’ve been contemplating the implications of a world in which anyone can 3D scan anything and print out a replica.
Researchers at UBC have developed an incredible system for capturing 3D models from static images.
When I started in 3D printing some ten years ago, it was an open question as to what successful application would take on 3D printing aside from prototyping.
3D scanners have never been as available as they are today, but what are the ways they can be used for 3D printing?
I had a thought about the implications of increasing levels of production 3D printing.
One of the ways to generate 3D models is through 3D scanning, which might become more available with Occipital’s 3D sensor.
The most famous shipwreck will soon be digitally captured in 3D.
A research paper describes a new system that theoretically enables you to build a relatively accurate 3D model of a human face from a still image.
Windows 10 now includes Paint 3D, a simple 3D modeling program.
3D models of humans are incredibly useful for designing wearable products, ergonomic studies, and in-situ renders.
HP announced it’s buying the assets of David Vision Systems, providing an immediate 3D scanning technology for the corporation.
Just a possibly crazy idea, but why couldn’t we perform high resolution scans of humans using drones?
A report in Digital Trends describing how a shipwreck was recreated by 3D scanning and printing suggests some possibilities of the technology in archaeology.
A 3D model of the now-mostly-destroyed Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria suggests action be taken to capture 3D objects before they’re torn down.
There’s no shortage of ideas for 3D printing startups, but many depend on obtaining custom 3D scan information about clients, and that’s usually a difficult proposition.
A new 3D scanning option is available, but it’s not the kind of scanning system you’re used to.
This is part five of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
This is part four of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
This is part three of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
This is part two of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
This is part one of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
This is part six of a series describing practical methods of capturing 3D scans of museum sculptures.
A crowdfunding project has demonstrated a method of producing custom-fit shoes using 3D scanning that could be adapted for 3D printing.
Belgium-based Materialise announced new software that should enable medical professionals to make significantly greater use of 3D printing technologies.
The ability to create detailed 3D scans of practically anything is in everyone’s hands and most people don’t realize it.
If you haven’t tried Autodesk Memento for optical 3D processing, you might want to, especially now that it’s available for both Windows and OS X.
It seems almost everyone wants to get in on the explosion of activity happening in the 3D printing universe, but what better way than to purchase an already-operating business?
There are a lot of inexpensive 3D scanners available today, but the issue is not so much the hardware, but how the software processes the scans. itSeez3D has produced a great 3D scanning app.
Threeding.com, a rapidly expanding 3D printing community and marketplace, recently joined forces with Artec 3D
A paper from Oxford and Microsoft researchers details an experimental workflow enabling capture of 3D models using only a smartphone’s camera.
Faculty from the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick in the UK are working in collaboration with art historians from the University of Cambridge.
Hong Kong-based ToyZeroPlus provides amazingly high-quality 3D replicas of scanned faces.
Stratasys announced an interesting joint marketing partnership in North America with Creaform, which manufactures cutting-edge 3D scanning technology.
Intel’s RealSense 3D scanning cameras have transformed the way we look at laptops. From gesture controls to 3D scanning, Intels new camera has added a whole drawer of tools to the digital toolbox we call laptops.
When artist Brian Fender was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), his outlook on life was transformed.
Plastic filament provider 3D Filament Shop has been scanning things. Including a baby.
We recently were contacted by a reader interested in 3D scanning a person. The answers to their questions may be of interest to other readers, too.
MeshMixer 2.8 has been released and it fills a very significant gap in the 123D suite of 3D applications.
We noticed three new 3D printed figurine services, but we think there’s a lot more than just three.
The technology of instantaneous 3D figure scanning became more accessible with the release of the DOOBLICATOR, a 3D scanning booth.
No, we’re not talking about 3D printing ACTUAL PETS; no, we mean 3D printed sculptures of your pets.
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Welcome to Fabbaloo, one of the world’s oldest online news sources for 3D printing news. We’ve been in operation since 2007, where we first started examining the state of 3D printers. These devices are now relatively common among some circles in today’s world, but years ago it was extremely rare to see a 3D printer or even a 3D printed object.
At that time it was challenging to find any 3D printing news, so we decided to make our own site that covered 3D printer news, and even associated technologies like 3D scanning and 3D modeling. Today it is common to find 3D printers in schools, workshops and makerspaces, and you probably have been using 3D printed objects without even knowing they were 3D printed.
Today’s industry has finally taken up the challenge by installing thousands of industrial 3D printers, each producing previously impossible 3D printed parts that make today’s society far more efficient. The aerospace industry in particular has been producing many 3D printed parts, some even for flight critical purposes.
If you want to learn about 3D printers, then there’s no better place than Fabbaloo’s 3D printer news to see the latest happenings.
