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hack a day is reporting about SplineScan, an open source, a cross platform 3D scanning tool whose expected cost is about 90 USD.

A description of how the scanner works:

While the target object is rotating on a motion controlled turntable a laser is projected on it. A camera collects images of each step of the rotation. Using simple trig the individual frames’ line data can then be used to construct a 3D model.

3D Scanner (hack a day)

Related links:

• Simple 3d: a rich resource on 3D scanners
• Cyberware’s commercial desktop 3D scanner
• An old but vast gallery of 3d scanning devices
• List of 3D scanner links

Tags: 3d scanners, 3d digitizing, 3d scanning, 3D surface digitizing systems
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