Super High-Speed 3D Scanner

Beastcam Super High-Speed 3D Scanner Invented to Create 3D Models of Live Sharks

Kira | January 13, 2016

With the goal of creating accurate 3D models of live sharks, geckos and other fast-moving animals, functional biologists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst used off-the-shelf-materials to put together a portable, high-speed, and low-cost 3D scanning system they are calling the Beastcam. Capable of 3D scanning car-sized objects in about 45 seconds, the user-friendly Beastcam can create high-quality 3D models of a wide variety of objects for research or 3D printing purposes.

Beastcam is used on a gecko in Duncan Irschick's lab. Source: http://www.gizmag.com/beastcam-animal-3d-scanner/41327/

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/professor-s-beastcam-makes-quick-3-d-portraits-animals-n495041

<more at http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160113-beastcam-super-high-speed-3d-scanner-to-create-3d-models-of-live-sharks.html; related links: http://www.gizmag.com/beastcam-animal-3d-scanner/41327/ (Beastcam gets quick 3D scans of live critters. January 13, 2016) and http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/professor-s-beastcam-makes-quick-3-d-portraits-animals-n495041 (Professor's 'Beastcam' Makes For Quick 3-D Portraits of Animals. January 12, 2016)>