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Handyscan

Handyscan

Mar 22, 2011

3D scanners are often used for modeling three dimensional models which may be used for a future 3D rendering. 3D scanners from the Handyscan 3D line-up are self-positioning truly portable handheld laser scanners that boast the latest technological innovations and offer powerful and efficient...

Supermachine. Bigger, better, faster, more.

Supermachine. Bigger, better, faster, more.

Jan 8, 2011

Features • BOXX 3DBOXX 4860 Extreme • Price: $6,325 as tested ($3,899 base price) • Size: 7.00×19.50 x17.50 in. (WxDxH, w/handle) tower • Weight: 31 lbs. • CPU: one Intel Core i7 X980 (six-core) 3.33GHz (over-clocked to 4.15GHz) • Memory: 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (up to 24GB supported) • Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro 5000 • Hard disk: Western...

Gemini: platform for 3D body digitizers

Gemini: platform for 3D body digitizers

Jan 8, 2011

Creaform, a leader in 3D digitizing technology, presents here the Creaform 3D Body Digitizers, technology that has proven remarkably reliable for over 15 years! The Creaform 3D Body Digitizers adapt to most surfaces and digitize the human body in full color in less than a second, producing results as realistic as a photograph! This text will be...

Industrial Light and Magic & NVIDIA Quadro

Industrial Light and Magic & NVIDIA Quadro

Oct 22, 2010

Richard Kerris, CTO, ILM, discusses how NVIDIA Quadro GPUs enabled the creation of breakthrough visual effects. Hear how the ILM creative team was able to create life-like simulations of fire for blockbuster movies, including Harry Potter and the Last Air...

Carbon beauty

Carbon beauty

Aug 15, 2010

Have a look how almighty NURBS technology is! This organic shaped bench was made in Tsplines under Rhinoceros software and then made of carbon material. In this process was used Grasshopper plugin to generate Carbon stripes on surface of this complex shape. Image courtesy: T-splines, Original post with more pictures of the whole process find...

SketchChair

SketchChair

Jul 29, 2010

“Sketch Chair” is an exploration in using computation and rapid manufacturing techniques to allow users to design and build their own products or in this case their own chairs. The Sketch Chair software allows a novice users to take part in the entire process of designing and building their own chairs. Chairs are designed using a simple 2D sketch-based...