Why is UL and TIA’s new “smart” building assessment so 2D?
Having worked in many industries over the years, I’ve become a big fan of standards…
Author Sam Pfeifle
Sam Pfeifle
Sam is a former editor of Spar3d.com (find my old blog posts here) and SPARView, as well as various B2B publications in the workboat, security, and privacy industries. Currently, he serves as editor of West Gray Creative, a content services company in Portland, Maine. In his spare time, he fronts the bluegrass band The World Famous Grassholes, runs the music blog www.PortlandsBestAlbums.com, and serves as Vice Chair of the Gray-New Gloucester School Board.
Will 2021 be the year multi-technology reality capture takes hold?
Earlier this year, I was talking with a service provider who specializes in mass transit.…
Understanding Airflow Safety is a 3D Problem
We have reached the point in the pandemic where people are starting to know what…
Will the Queen Mary’s facelift drive laser scanning into the maritime industry?
Ever since the early days of SPAR 3D coming to Diversified Communications (you may remember…
Carrying an appreciation of 3D into (and beyond) the COVID era
More than six months in, people have begun to settle in to the COVID-19 era.…
Does 3D printing advancement drive 3D data capture?
It’s a question as old as the 3D data-capture industry, itself: Just how is the demand for data capture linked with the growth of 3D printing?
3D Capture’s Promise to Increase Public Safety: A Progress Report
3D data capture is being employed as a matter of course in the public safety arena. By documenting accident scenes and forensic laser scanning to understand how accidents and intentional bad acts occur, for example, 3D information can deliver invaluable information to law enforcement and first responders.
The use of AI in laser scanning workflows is maturing… but how ready is it?
The holy grail, the white whale, the mountaintop: The scan-to-BIM button. Or maybe for your…
Is 3D data capture now a ‘necessary tool’?
In the aftermath of yet another Spar 3D, which saw yet another slew of new…
Making a helicopter for Mars? That’s a 3D problem, for sure
Obviously, not everyone could make it to Anaheim for SPAR3D. We get it. So, we…
Musk hates lidar. Does it matter?
The autonomous driving world is still buzzing about Tesla’s “Autonomy Day” last month, where CEO…
Restoring Notre Dame: How that 3D data might actually be used
In the early aftermath of the fire at Paris’ historic Notre Dame cathedral last month,…