You gotta love creative people The ones who think of things like… converting your smart phone into a 3D scanner. Just like most folks have stopped carrying cameras, since their smart phone provides the pics they need, it looks like the same may soon occur for 3D scanning. Which will be pretty convenient if you see something you want to copy. (I warned you earlier that companies’ business model are about to be upended– with copying going on, like what happened with Napster.)
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A 3D Update, Part 3
So, what do we know, so far. (Remember- this series started on Monday- with a sneak preview last Wednesday!) 3D printing apps are now available on all new PC’s, since there’s an app that is part of Windows 8. 3D printers that work with the app are out, and even more are coming. And, now, we can bet that file-sharing (or file selling) programs will let us obtain the designs we want to print for ourselves.
Really? I can make my own 3D designs?
I last wrote about Microsoft’s Kinect system about 18 months ago. (There was a three part mini-series that started here.) I discussed why the Kinect system was more than just a toy- with tremendous applications for medicine and healthcare. Today, we’ll talk about a totally different use. One that makes it very useful for 3D printing.