Scanning Around the World

Why use 3D Laser Scanning at all? Is it value for money?
Still not sure about 3D Technology! – 3D Technology has been described as the ‘Holy Grail’
A firm which runs Europe’s largest and most complex nuclear site in west Cumbria is the first nuclear company in the world using 3D scanning and 3D Printing to help them decommission some of the most potentially hazardous plants in the world.
Donna Connor, the company’s head of technical capabilities, said: “Personally as a material scientist, 3D scanning and printing is the Holy Grail; the technology offers a huge amount of opportunity that we can exploit to continue the safe and accelerated clean up of Sellafield site.
We have seen a few musical instruments that have been 3D Printed recently but we can add the bagpipes to the list now.
Typically engineers have used 3D Scanning and 3D Printing, advertisers from Mexico didn’t want to miss out, coming up with a brilliant idea for Nescafe – 3D Printed alarm clock.
We’ve all watched Orange County Choppers (OCC) on Foxtel, those guys make incredible motorbikes, now they have made a bike in the shape of a dragon using 3D Printing.
From nuclear sites and musical instruments to archeology and now hair accessories, Fabme Jewellery has a range of necklaces, rings, bracelets and tiaras which are 3D printed.
A whale graveyard was found whilst widening the road in the Atacama Desert to the port town of Caldera, Chile. With no time to undertake traditional on site studies using digging tools and plaster, the pair took laser scanners and cameras to the site instead! 3D-scanning technology is changing the way researchers investigate and conserve precious artifacts and major scientific finds – fossils for the future!
A little closer home, 3D Printing has been used in Gold Coast QLD to print our waterways.
Even closer to home is the 3D scanning at the Powerhouse Musuem for the Sydney Design Festival 2014.
The program is called ‘Hack the Collection’ and matches 10 contemporary designers with 10 objects from the collection that have been 3D scanned by Wysiwyg 3D Engineers.  Designers will spend two intensive days hacking the 3D object files, and then 3d print their hacked object on Makerbot 3D printers.
Can’t wait to see the results!
The Smithsonian Museum continues to lead the way using 3D Scanning and 3D printing – to study some of the world’s most fragile artifacts without having to worry about damaging them through invasive examinations. Same goes for educators and students.
Our boys would love the latest 3D Printed bags from Nike but unfortunately they are only reserved for Ronaldo, Rooney and Neymar who will be carrying the bags to Brazil.
Causing controversy in the 3D Scanning and 3D printing of priceless artifacts from China.
Five 3D Scanners have been bought by UK police to help investigate crash sites with over 20 police officers being trained how to use them.
Wichita Police are already using 3D scanning technology to investigate the scene of a homicide on Roseberry in Planeview.
Technology is changing all the time, a 3D Printer has been designed to print polymer parts 10 times larger than currently producible.