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Handmade QR Codes: Yep, They Still Scan!
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QR codes are meant to be created digitally, but that didn’t stop Lauren Manning and Camile Wei-Hsin Lin from creating their own handmade versions, which surprisingly still scan just fine. Most of these were created using found objects, which makes them even more interesting.… |
December 15th, 2011
3D QR Code Block Can’t Decide If It’s a Stool or a Light
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This three-dimensional QR code block looks pretty interesting. What’s even more unusual is that it can also be used as a stool or a mood light. It can also be scanned with your smartphone, as usual with a QR code reader app.… |
December 7th, 2011
Datamatrix QR Code Clock Helps Robots Tell Time
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This clock wasn’t just designed for people to scan with their cellphones, it was actually made for robots, who could easily scan the time with their computer vision. Robots or not, it’s an interesting concept to integrate QR codes into a clock.… |
October 5th, 2011
Trimensional iPhone App Scans Your Face in 3D, Then Lets You Print Your Ugly Mug
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I’ve heard plenty about 3D printing, but this is probably the first iPhone app that will scan your face in 3D and allow you to render a 3D model of your face. It’s kind of amazing what the iPhone can do, isn’t it? The app is from Trimensional and it… |
April 15th, 2011
Fabricate Yourself in 3D with Kinect
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The Microsoft Kinect has been used for all sorts of interesting gameplay and visual hacks, but this is the first time I’ve seen it used in the process of generating physical objects.… |
February 27th, 2011
Sony Patents Their Part of the Motion-Controlled Future
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Move over, Project Natal and Wii-mote: here comes Sony, trying to break into the let’s-make-it-real movement with a new patent for image-scanning with their EyeToy camera. Oh, did you think I meant their oddly-shaped wand controller from E3? No, friends, this is altogether different. The new patent expands on the… |
July 8th, 2009
3d3 Flexscan Scans 3d Images on the Cheap
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Looking for an inexpensive way to turn real world objects into usable 3D digital models? This relatively low-cost solution takes an unusual approach to digitizing models into your computer. 3D3 Solutions’ FlexScan3D lets you use an ordinary LCD projector and digital camera to help produce wireframes that can be imported… |
August 21st, 2008
Deposit Checks From Home Using Your Scanner
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A couple of years back, a new regulation was passed that enabled banks to remotely deposit checks by scanning digital images, then transmitting the images to the originating bank. Now that digital images of checks are considered to be just as good as paper checks, it looks like this technology… |
January 29th, 2007
