Light painting just got a three-dimensional upgrade with a new invention called HoloPainting. Students from the St. Pölten University of Applied Science, in Vienna, Austria, developed the technique ...

PiLiDAR uses LDRobot's LiDAR sensor to scan the surrounding space in two dimensions and acquire and visualize the data in real time. The sensor is connected to a Raspberry Pi and is precisely ...

Apple’s FaceID system uses infrared depth-sensing technology to authenticate people via their faces. It can also be used for simple 3D scanning, and [Scott Yu-Jan] found a better way to do that. The ...

Imagine the power to clone your favorite LEGO piece—not just any piece, but let’s say, one that costs €50 second-hand. [Balazs] from RacingBrick posed this exact question: can a 3D scanner recreate ...

Microsoft may have hit on a mixed jackpot with the Kinect. While Xbox gamers might consider it a very optional, sometimes even unwanted, accessory, makers and tinkerers have flocked to it for how it ...

Have you ever been sitting around and thought it’d be a great idea to 3D print a version of yourself? Thanks to the Creality RaptorX, I can now scan myself and create mini (or full size) versions of ...

3D printing is a lot of fun, but creating custom 3D models from scratch takes a lot of work. The Einstar Vega 3D scanner offers a potential solution by enabling users to easily replicate the shape of ...

Every ambitious builder has tried a DIY project that fell just beyond his or her grasp. As these examples show, soon nothing will limit makers but their own imaginations—thanks to innovations in 3D ...

Normally we break down our Hands On reviews into Operations, Software and Results, but here we’re going to jam it all together because that’s how it works on these 3D scanners: you have to operate the ...

Fred Kahl implored 6-year-old Freddie McCann to remain very still this morning so Kahl's homemade 3D scanner could capture a proper image of the boy's body as it turned slowly on a revolving platform.

Strange software bugs. Could benefit from extra light. No mobile device compatibility. Requires a computer. As a chronic tinkerer, I’ve always wished there was a simple, efficient, and effective way ...