The American Jobs Plan: a massive opportunity for laser scanning
Yes, folks, it’s true: Infrastructure Week finally happened. With the rollout of the American Jobs…
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.
Say goodbye to the massive taper gauges, thanks to reality capture
Sometimes, it takes 12 years. Back in 2008, Alan Cohn, of the Naval Surface Warfare…
How can reality capture address trends in emergency management?
Last week, I offered some thoughts on how the 3D reality capture community could help…
Texas energy disaster highlights the need for 3D reality capture for utilities
As someone with family (three kids under the age of 8), who just spent multiple…
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…
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…