3D Scanning

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  Modeling Easter Island’s Moai With Geomagic 3D Scan Software

  Their scowling, geometric forms are thought to depict powerful leaders during early occupation of the island. Rapa Nui, which is the name given to their land by the islanders, lies about 2300 miles west of Chile in the Southeast Pacific Ocean, and has about 1000 moai remaining. Of those, human activity and natural events have damaged and eroded t…

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  American Wind: Micro Footprint, Macro Output With 3D Printing From 3D Systems

  "My wife and I were sitting on our outdoor deck after the storm and the wind was spinning a pedestal fan like a top," says Yost. "She wanted to know why we couldn't harness electrical power from something as small as the pedestal fan."

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  3D Scanning and Printing Provides First 3D Reconstruction of New Dinosaur Species

  The complexity involved in sorting and categorizing specimens from the site, however, presents an enormous stumbling block for researchers, according to Druckenmiller.

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  How Malcolm Demille Made Art His Bottom Line with Geomagic Freeform

  It’s the conundrum of the starving artist: how to make money and keep doing what you love. How to meld raw aesthetics with boxy business. How to efficiently create quality, marketable artistic pieces.

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  Kindness, Surgical Skills and 3D Technologies Help Bring Back a Smile for Blessing Makwera

  It's easy to be cynical about claims that technologies are "life-changing" when often they simply automate a daily routine. In the case of 3D printing, however, it's not just marketing hype. Ask Blessing Makwera.

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