My geek-o-meter just pegged and bent the needle.
Do you want to derive a 3D model of an object?
Do you want to do this cheaply?
If yes — check this out — take one webcam, an open source software plugin for a cheap gaming engine, a pan and some milk and a teaspoon.
Here is the video from YouTube: milkscanner-3d
Here is the website: Hack A Day
Here is the software used: Movie Sand Box
The Game Engine: Unreal Technology
Couple of nits — it can't do undercuts, surface tension, Z Axis linearity but still, what I said — Fucking Brilliant!
Posted by DaveH at June 19, 2007 10:42 PM | TrackBackhttp://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab means you should be able to recreate a solid model from it too. Well, they have atrocious resolution currently, but the physics is on their side. All their missing is a heating element that can withstand higher temperatures without cooling, and a pinhole heat shield.
So, complete round trip. From milk & sugar.
Posted by: Al at June 20, 2007 10:31 AM