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Creating 3D models with a simple webcam (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Constructing virtual 3D models usually requires heavy and expensive equipment, or takes lengthy amounts of time. A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge, Qi Pan, Dr Gerhard Reitmayr ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (28) | comments 6

Scary ancient spiders revealed in 3-D models, thanks to new imaging technique (w/ Video)

Early relatives of spiders that lived around 300 million years ago are revealed in new three-dimensional models, in research published today in the journal Biology Letters.

Biology / Other

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

See your photos in 3D on new website

(PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 7

To diagnose heart disease, visualization experts recommend a simpler approach

A team of computer scientists, physicists, and physicians at Harvard have developed a simple yet powerful method of visualizing human arteries that may result in more accurate diagnoses of atherosclerosis ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Royal College of Art student make a 3D printer that focuses the light of the sun

(PhysOrg.com) -- 3D printing has been around for a few years. If you hooked it up to a solar panel you could make it work with the sun, but still would not be as cool as doing it the way that Markus Kayser, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 11 | with audio podcast weblog

Microsoft shows off 3D and NUI technology (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Craig Mundie, the number two man over at Microsoft gave journalists a sneak peek at the newest bit of technology to come out of Microsoft Labs.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

3-D digital dinosaur track download: A roadmap for saving at-risk natural history resources

Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote their latest fossil discovery from the field to the lab in the form of lightweight digital data stored on a laptop. But sharing that data as a ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Worth a thousand million words: Researchers create 3-D models from online photo databases (w/ Video)

Who says Rome wasn't built in a day? Computer scientists have invented a technique that automatically creates 3-D models of landmarks and geographical locations, using ordinary two-dimensional pictures available ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Ancient blob-like creature of the deep revealed by scientists

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique blob-like creature that lived in the ocean approximately 425 million years ago is revealed in a 3D computer model in research published today in the journal Biology Letters. The mo ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 04, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Google puts 3D models of World Cup stadiums online

Google added panoramic pitch-level photographs and 3D models of the World Cup stadiums in South Africa to its online offerings on Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Creepy crawly cockroach ancestor revealed in new 3-D model

(PhysOrg.com) -- An early ancestor of the cockroach that lived around 300 million years ago is unveiled in unprecedented detail in a new three-dimensional 'virtual fossil' model, in research published today ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

3D Measurements of Apollo 14 Landing Site

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can we measure the size and shape of equipment and other objects on the moon using orbital images from the current Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Sony Develops High Frame Rate Single Lens 3D Camera Technology

Sony today announced the development of a single lens 3D camera technology capable of recording natural and smooth 3D images of even fast-moving subject matter such as sports, at 240fps (frames per second). ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Studying the female form: Math could lead to sexier lingerie, safer labcoats

Researchers in Japan have turned to mathematics to build a computerized 3D model of the female trunk that could help lingerie and other clothes designers make more sensuous, comfortable, and better fitting product ranges.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Energy simulation may explain turbulence mystery

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new 3D model linking magnetic fields to the transfer of energy in space might help solve a physics mystery first observed in the solar wind 15 years ago.

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

3D modeling

In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical, wireframe representation of any three-dimensional object (either inanimate or living) via specialized software. The product is called a 3D model. It can be displayed as a two-dimensional image through a process called 3D rendering or used in a computer simulation of physical phenomena. The model can also be physically created using 3D Printing devices.

Models may be created automatically or manually. The manual modeling process of preparing geometric data for 3D computer graphics is similar to plastic arts such as sculpting.

For more information about 3D modeling, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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