MakerBot Demos a 3D ‘Digitizer’ Scanner Prototype
From The Verge:
MakerBot founder Bre Pettis today announced the Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner prototype it intends to sell alongside its Replicator 3D printers. The scanner uses a combination of cameras and lasers to scan an object and create a digital file that can then be printed using one of MakerBot’s replicators.
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The Digitizer is capable of scanning objects up to 8 inches by 8 inches in less than three minutes.
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See Also: “MakerBot unveils its most disruptive tool yet: The Digitizer 3D scanner” (via VentureBeat)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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