While 3D printers are gradually becoming more popular, their possibilities are limited if you lack the skills to create custom 3D models. This has led to a surge in the development of user-friendly 3D ...

Scanning pictures has become so common and readily available to the general public that people are doing it at home from their desks. Even some new digital picture frames can scan a photo. What ...

In today's maker-friendly workshop a 3D scanner is just as useful as 3D printing for replicating small objects. And now there's an option to adding the former gadget to your setup for under $100. The ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEZz6f4M-U&feature=player_embedded#at=52] The Photon 3D scanner is a self-contained laser scanner that creates point clouds ...

Presenting the 2nd prize winner in the TI LDC1000 inductive sensor design contest. My original idea was to use the LDC1000 to sense the liquid level in a low cost resin style 3D printer, but after ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

A couple weeks ago I had a fascinating video call with a gentleman named Dror Sharon, the CEO of a company called Consumer Physics. He showed me a product called Scio that just went up on Kickstarter ...

A new type of highly sensitive airport scanner is to be trialled at Cardiff Airport, with researchers claiming it has the potential to rapidly reduce security waiting times. The walk-through scanner ...