Hype-wise, it seems 3D scanning is “the new 3D printing”. New product launches are hitting the market at increasing frequency, and while some are clearly more thoroughly and comprehensively thought out, others seem more like they were quickly thrown together…
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The Desktop 3D Scanner Market is Getting Rather Crowded
Another desktop 3D scanner appearing to the market. Dimbody joins the club of Digitizer and Fuel3D in its desire to offer high quality 3d scanning in an easy and affordable desktop form. The body of Dimbody is similar to that of…
Lionhead Bunny Hops Over Makerbot with Combination 3D Printer and Scanner
The Makerbot Digitizer isn’t the only desktop 3D scanner to enter the marketplace and, in some ways, it’s already lagging behind newer entrants. Last week, we covered the AIO Zeus combination 3D printer, scanner, and fax machine, which takes the…
Makerbot's Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner – Now Ready, Willing & Available
Six months on from its unveiling at SXSW, and the Makerbot Digitizer Desktop 3D scanner is hitting the streets in a form barely recognizable from the prototype introduced to the world in March. Makerbot’s regular updates since that time have…
Microfactory + FABtotum = The Rise of Hybrid ∞ Manufacturing
Most in the 3D printing community know that 3D printing is only the beginning, that additive manufacturing is only a component in something more to come. A patent filed by iRobot earlier this year for an all-in-one 3D printing station…
IF you need it, extra 3D Printed Incentive to back the Fuel3D Scanner
Last week I reported on the Fuel3D scanner, currently sourcing funding on Kickstarter. Well, even with 19 days still left on the clock, the success of the campaign is phenomenal. The money pledged is standing at $232,775. I’ve also seen…
Windows 8.1 will Feature Native Support for 3D Printing
Microsoft is equipping the next iteration of its computing standard operating system, Windows 8.1, with a new API: native support for 3D printers. As part of its ongoing unveiling of Windows 8.1, Microsoft announced that the upcoming update will come with…
Makerbot Digitizer Approaches Reality – Almost
Makerbot is continuing its Digitizer updates to ensure that, since the product’s unveiling at SXSW, the public’s excitement can be maintained until its actual release this fall. In their latest update — the third — Makerbot engineer Jamie visited a…
Updated version of Faro’s free SCENECT 3D scanning software
FARO, the US-based NASDAQ-listed company specializing in 3D measuring and imaging software and devices, has released a new version of its Scenect 3D scanning software, with the latest iteration being labelled as version number 5.2. As with many other non-desktop…
History in Another Dimension – Scanning the Smithsonian in 3D
From scanning and printing a statue of Thomas Jefferson to scanning an entire find of whale fossils, the staff at the Smithsonian Museum are no strangers to 3D scanning and 3D printing technology. Founded in 1846, the US, Washington DC…
