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3D Scanning

Get Inspired: 3D Scanning

Car SOS

Car SOS

Channel 4 series, Car SOS, completed the interior restoration of a rare Ford Cortina by using an Artec Space Spider scanner.

Backup Ukraine

Backup Ukraine

A free app, Backup Ukraine, allows users to easily capture objects and spaces by using photogrammetry and LIDAR techniques to create 3D scans.

University of Bath

University of Bath

Using an Artec Eva 3D scanner, the CAMERA research team at University of Bath have done something incredible for one man: creating a previously impossible, custom-fitted liner for his prosthetic leg.

Smithsonian X 3D

Smithsonian X 3D

The Smithsonian’s X 3D digitization program has been transforming this venerable institution’s extensive collections and on-going scientific projects into a globally accessible library of wildly accurate, online 3D models.

Morehshin Allahyari

Morehshin Allahyari

Born and raised in Iran, Morehshin Allahyari is a new-media artist and activist who has lived in the United States since 2007. Her work uses 3D scanners and printers as tools to investigate and re-appropriate tradition, narrative and objectification.

How Do These Technologies IMPACT Society?

The Teaching and Learning with Technology IMPACT Deck is an exploratory, card-based game that aims to introduce students, faculty and staff of all ages and backgrounds to a wide variety of situations in which established and emerging technologies impact society. 

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