Category Archives for 3d Scanning
3d Printing Saves a Baby’s Life
When a six week baby’s windpipe collapsed, blocking airflow to his lungs, doctors at the University of Michigan decided to try a new technique using 3d printing to save his life. Glenn Green, M.D. scanned the baby’s windpipe with a … Continue reading
MakerBot Digitizer Scanning for 3D Printing
MakerBot announced today a new product called the MakerBot Digitizer. The Digitizer combines laser and camera sensor input to scan an item on a rotating platform. The 3d model of the scan can then be 3d printed on a Makerbot … Continue reading
3d Print a New Skull
Patients with severe skull injuries can have their bone structure imaged and have a custom implant 3d printed that fits perfectly with their existing bone structure. The FDA has just approved the 3d printed skull implants from Oxford Performance Materials. … Continue reading
3d Systems Teams with Creaform
3d Systems is following the path we predicted when they acquired Geomagic and announced a new design tool created in cooperation with Creaform called Go!Model. The design tool fills a gap in the market for entry level scanning software. Go!Model is … Continue reading
3d Printed Custom Pez Dispensers
When they were approached by a client wanting a unique 3d printed Holiday gift for the client’s employees, 3d printed jewelry company Hot Pop Factory came up with a novel mix of candy and 3d scanning. They scanned each employee’s head … Continue reading
3d Printed Hearing Aid for the Perfect Fit
Completely personalized products are one of the core reasons 3d printing will take off. A Danish firm has taken that mentality and applied it to hearing aids. A new patient gets their ear scanned by a 3d scanner, which creates … Continue reading
3d Printing Dinosaur Fossils Instead of Digging
Palaentologist Sergio Azevedo could have dug out the fossil he found by hand, painstakingly chiseling away rock bit by bit, hoping he didn’t accidentally shatter a dinosaur tooth with one misstep. Instead, he 3d printed the bones. He used a … Continue reading
Photos to 3d Models with Cubify Capture
3d Systems is challenging Autodesk’s 123d Capture tool with their new Cubify Capture. The website allows you to upload a set of images, and the server will generate a 3d model from the images. As we said in the 123D … Continue reading
3d Systems Buys Geomagic
3d printing giant 3d Systems is getting a little bigger. They announced today they will buy Geomagic, Inc. Geomagic provides high quality tools for converting 3d scans to printable content. Their Geomagic Studio is the top product for reverse engineering … Continue reading