3-D laser scanning of dhows in Doha
A unique collection of traditional seagoing boats in Doha, Qatar has been recorded for posterity using a 3D scanning process.
Engineering
Mar 18, 2013
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News tagged with 3d scanner
Extinct giant camel found far from the desert in Arctic discovery
(Phys.org) —A Canadian research team, helped by scientists at The University of Manchester, has discovered the first evidence of an extinct giant camel in the High Arctic. The three-and-a-half million year old fossil was ...
Archaeology
Mar 5, 2013
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Physics duo create first knotted vortex in a fluid (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —Physicists William Irvine and Dustin Kleckner of the University of Chicago, have for the first time, created a knotted vortex in a fluid. They describe how they printed 3D airfoils and then accelerated them ...
16 million-year-old amber specimen reveals unknown animal behaviors
Stunning images, including video footage, from a CT scan of amber have revealed the first evidence of any creature using an adult mayfly for transport.
Archaeology
Oct 17, 2012
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Body scanner takes tailoring to the masses
Can a tailored suit help clinch that tricky deal at work? Get the girl? Or simply put a spring in your step? Absolutely, if you believe a year-old Paris firm that is using a 3D body scanner to bring made-to-measure to the ...
Other
Jul 1, 2012
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Researchers seek to understand the complexity of crumpled paper balls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest of things become complicated and complex when looked at more closely. Gravity is but one example. Another is the mechanics involved in creating a crumpled ball from a single sheet of ...
Researchers turn Kinect game into a 3D scanner
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. Instead, the students ...
Hardware
Aug 1, 2011
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Scientist creates 3-D scanner iPhone app (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Leave it to an iPhone app developer to turn a tool that cost hundreds of dollars a year ago into something that can be done with a 99-cent app. Grant Schindler, research scientist in Georgia Tech’s College ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 14, 2011
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A more stealthy robot may be hearing you soon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stealth is a trait that few of us posses naturally. Most of us are really kind of obvious as we walk down the street or sashay through the halls of the office. That is why people who are trying to be sneaky ...
3D X-rays piece together the evolution of flight from fossils
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a collaborative project between National Museums Scotland and the University of Abertay Dundee, researchers are using an incredibly sensitive CT (computerised tomography) scanner to analyse whole skulls ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 5, 2011
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