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Philos awesome 3D scanner - Steffen - 2011-12-23

Philo's awesome 3D scanner

http://www.philohome.com/scan3dlaser/scan3dlaser.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP35jI7SCMA

has found an impressed audience (including me).
I thought it would be nice here to have a link collection of references to it,
as I just stumbled over yet another site mentioning it.
Funny to me also are the headlines under which the folks mention the scanner.

http://gizmodo.com/5693604/lego-laser-3d-scanner-scans-lego-pieces-to-make-more-lego

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2010/11/17/lego-3d-scanner-used-to-generate-3d-ldraw-parts/

http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2010/11/22/electron-microscope-still-pending/

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/lego-n-laser-3d-scanner.html


Re: Philos awesome 3D scanner - Tim Gould - 2011-12-23

That gambort chap has a nice turn of phrase Wink

I think this scanner goes up high on the list of "most astounding things made out of LEGO".

Tim


Re: Philos awesome 3D scanner - Travis Cobbs - 2011-12-24

I hear he's an Aussie.