I made a 3D Scanner... Cost: 0 Dollars

Using the popular Xbox Kinect hack, I have constructed a very component 3d scanner in my bedroom. All you need is a Kinect, a power adaptor for it, Skanect (trial version), and a chair that can rotate 360 degrees. Check out some of my first scans:

I have to work on better lighting situations, because the colored version makes me look like a zombie. But yeah, this stuff I really, really, really freaking cool. I already scanned my whole family! Only thing with the trail version is that you can't export STLs. However, you can upload your scans to sculpteo and have them printed. Though, printing anything over an inch on that site costs a fortune. 

http://www.sculpteo.com/en/design/dylan-sheppard/zvcfBXcT?uuid=NfQws6Jqy1dLOm12Mt0Ozh#tab=size

^ PRINT ME

For Type Lovers: 3D Printed Typography Sculptures

3D Printing Retina Cells

A cure for blindness? Check it out:
http://www.3ders.org//articles/20131218-3d-eye-cells-printed-for-the-first-time.html

3D Maze

Goes for sixty-something on Shapeways.

Renders!

So I decided tonight was the night to say screw it and try rendering in Flamingo, and damn was that a good idea! Here are my renders for the final project:

Yeah I modeled a bar if you didn't notice.

I definitely could've let the last two render longer but I was getting impatient. I also did a bit of post processing on each jpeg in photoshop to adjust the lighting and whatnot. 

Fashion Doll

She's called Quin, and has been cleverly sized to the proportions of today's fashion dolls so you can simply swab out the clothes. I think she looks beautiful, but expect a lawsuit from James Cameron.

3D Printing and Product Liability

Full article: http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131215-3d-printing-and-product-liability-you-may-not-be-protected-under-current-liability-law.html

New Mobile 3D Scanning App

Looks way more promising than 123D...

7 TED Talks on the Wonders of 3D Printing

http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/07/7-talks-on-the-wonder-of-3d-printing/

Fully Functional Loudspeakers... 3D Printed

That's right: the plastic, conductive, and the magnetic parts... all 3D printed. Check it out:



The guy talking in the video gave a lecture in New Paltz earlier this semester.

Link to full article: http://phys.org/news/2013-12-fully-functional-loudspeaker-d.html

The Bar is Coming...

Expirementing with Lights/Textures