Now THIS is how you repurpose data
There’s often talk in the industry about how useful lidar data can be. Sure, you collect the data for a…
Head in the Point Clouds
Desktop scanners: All the rage
While 3D printers have been getting much of the attention from start-ups using Kickstarter, don’t think the laser scanning community…
Uh oh. Laser scanning might be cool now…
You guys know what “bling” is? I’m guessing so. It’s all that jewelry and nonsense that rappers put on (even…
At least one place where photogrammetry is replacing lidar
There’s been a great deal of interest in how the newest photogrammetry software, creating point clouds and 3D models from…
That presidential mention of 3D printing
You all heard it, right? Here’s what U.S. President Obama said in his State of the Union address last night:…
And the Sandy help happens
I’m not one to tell you “I told you so,” so I’ll just say I’m happy to see that Woolpert…
Laser scanning in the snow?
Okay, actually, I didn’t see anyone trying to laser scan in the snow, but it’s been the topic of conversation…
Those Hot Springs kids need our help
You’ll remember my story from a couple weeks back about the kids at Hot Springs High and their work with…
Two more Kickstarter projects you need to know about
Yes, start-ups do still get funding the old-fashioned way (begging is popular, I think), but it’s now becoming more common…
The buzz about a new historic preservation effort
There are no doubt plenty of altruistic reasons for scanning and documenting historically significant locations and objects: They are preserved…