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| Near Uses Geomagic Studio Software to Model Virtual West End of London |
London Evening Standard readers will get more than their newspaper today: They’ll be offered a DVD from a company called Near that transports them to the West End of London – including Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus and other famous destinations – without leaving their homes. Others around the world will be able to experience the virtual gateway to London’s West End by downloading it through the Near web site.
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| A New Era In Desktop 3D Printing |
| Solido3D, the technological leader in desktop 3D printing of physical models, has launched the new SD300 Pro 3D printer. With the new SD300 Pro, high quality 3D printing is finally accessible to every MCAD engineer, design professional, and hobbyist. |
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| The Merging of Art and 3D Technology |
| Sculptor Andrew Werby has been in on the merging of art and technology from the beginning. In the late ’70s and early ‘80s, he and several like-minded artists began the Juxtamorphic art movement, collaborating to put on art shows featuring sculpture, painting, photography, ceramics and performance art drawing on directly-captured nature for inspiration. |
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| NVision HandHeld Scanner Reduces Diesel Engine Modeling Time From 2 Years To 2 Months |
| Cameron Compression Systems used NVision HandHeld laser scanners to produce a solid model of an existing large engine in one-tenth of the time that would have been required using conventional methods. "It would have taken several years to re-engineer the large diesel engine block pan and heads using a coordinate measuring machine (CMM)," said Greg Obets, Manager, Engineering Systems, for Cameron. |
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| Ship Graveyard Gives Up Secrets |
| Archaeologists are working at a ships' graveyard known as the Purton Hulks in Gloucestershire to expose and record the remains of a barge. Laser scanning equipment is being used to capture 3D images of the Kennet-built Harriett. |
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| Trimble Introduces Trimble Access Software for Spatial Imaging |
| Trimble today introduced Trimble Access software for Spatial Imaging, a new addition to Trimble’s Connected Site solutions. Trimble Access is a streamlined field and office solution for surveyors and geospatial professionals that expedites spatial imaging data collection, processing, analysis, and project information delivery. |
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| uPrint, a Personal 3D Printer Enters India |
DesignTech Systems, a CAD/CAM/CAE and PLM solutions provider in India and a distributor of Stratasys that provides design building services, 3D printing and 3D production systems, has launched uPrint - a personal 3D printer which is available at a reasonable price of $14,900.
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| Stainless Steel Printing from Shapeways |
| As if 3D printing wasn’t cool enough, you can now “print” objects in stainless steel. That’s right, dust off your old Transformers designs, make room in the Monopoly box for a new piece, and get ready for the model budget at your office to sky-rocket. |
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| 3D Printing is Reshaping Package Design and Prototyping |
| Despite the economic downturn, NextGen Research, a Allied Business Intelligence Inc. group, forecasts that three-dimensional printing will grow to a $782.6 million market by 2013. As the name implies, rapid prototyping benefits packaging operations by allowing quicker prototyping of containers than many traditional methods. |
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