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The average Hackaday reader is likely at least familiar with acoustic levitation — a technique by which carefully arranged ultrasonic transducers can be used to suspend an object in the …read more Continue reading Acoustic Levitation Gets Insects Ready For Their Close-Up
3D scanning is important because the ability to digitize awkward or troublesome shapes from the real world can really hit the spot. One can reconstruct objects by drawing them up …read more Continue reading What’s New in 3D Scanning? All-In-One Scanning is Nice
Reverse-engineered schematics are de rigeur around these parts, largely because they’re often the key to very cool hardware hacks. We don’t get to see many mechanical reverse-engineering efforts, though, which …read more Continue reading Hackable Ham Radio Gives Up Its Mechanical Secrets
[TeachingTech] has a video covering the OpenScan Mini that does a great job of showing the workflow, hardware, and processing method for turning small objects into high-quality 3D models. If …read more Continue reading Watch The OpenScan DIY 3D Scanner In Action
Folks who refurbish and rebuild vans into off-grid campers (especially with the ability to work in them remotely) put a fantastic amount of planning and work into their projects. [Rob] …read more Continue reading Off-Grid Van Build Uses 3D Scanning For Smarter Planning
Seeing his wife try to use a cool face mask to get through the pain of a migraine headache, [Sparks and Code] started thinking of ways to improve the situation. …read more Continue reading Cool Face Mask Turns Into Over-Engineered Headache
When it comes to 3D scanning, a perfect surface looks a lot like the image above: thousands of distinct and random features, high contrast, no blurry areas, and no shiny …read more Continue reading 3D Scanning Trouble? This Guide Has You Covered
Readers are likely familiar with photogrammetry, a method of creating 3D geometry from a series of 2D photos taken of an object or scene. To pull it off you need …read more Continue reading NeRF: Shoot Photos, Not Foam Darts, to See Around Corners
Photogrammetry is a great way to produce accurate 3D models of real objects. A turntable is often a common tool used in this work as it helps image an object …read more Continue reading Automatic Turntable Makes Photogrammetry a Cinch
There are many scanners — both commercial and homemade — that can take a variety of scans or images of a 3D object and convert it into something like a …read more Continue reading 3D Objects without Scanning