Use Your Smartphone as a 3D Scanner

Three-dimensional scanners are expensive thousands of dollars for industrial models. Now theres a 3D scanner for your phone, which does many of the things industrial models do for only $300.

The app, Moedls, runs on an iPhone and iPad and uses a consumer-quality laser, a turntable and a simple box to do professional-level 3D scanning. It was invented by John Fehr, an inventor with a number of Kickstarter projects under his belt, including a magnetic catapult and a levitating magnet sculpture.

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Fehr told Discovery News that one of the hardest parts to get was actually the turntable. Its hard to find a platform that turns…
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