3D laser scanning: 4 interesting areas of use

3D Printing

Have you heard about the 3D printed valves for COVID-19? A hospital in Italy began running out of valves for ventilators. Those valves are needed for the most severely affected by COVID-19 patients.

The supplier wasn't able to supply the hospital in the short term due to a shortage. The solution came with the help of 3D scanning. A local startup coped with manufacturing the valves using 3D printing at the hospital itself. Budgeting can also make purchasing new technology difficult, yet some of it could be printed. This is not a fresh idea as FabLabs carried this purpose in their existence for a while, yet it brought an incomprehensible impact.

Animation & Wearable Technologies

Developing 3D models for movies, marketing, and other media has been available due to 3D scanning. Not only creating a realistic look but having realistic colors in the models is another challenge. More and more businesses will be changing their approach towards presenting their products with the current change in the market. Moreover, with Apple's gadgets having a LiDAR inserted, there are new scenarios of using the technology. One of those uses could be related to the Animation industry, making it possible for the masses. Faro Arm is being actively used to scan wearables for creating 3D models of the highest accuracy.

We were also thinking..how about prothesis?

LiDAr scanning + creation of an accurate model is a great combination for creating ear wears when it comes to patients with microtia. The same goes for those, who are in need of a bionic arm or leg.

Heritage Preservation

Heritage preservation and archaeological studies grow more important to our collective culture. We digitized the architectural monuments of Kyiv, scanned 1000+ hectares of forests and land to create a Digital Elevation Model for a Heritage Preservation Complex. So we will be able to save not only photographs and the history of buildings but also the digital appearance of the facades for their further restoration and reconstruction. For the forests, we gave an exact representation of what the terrain looks like under the vegetation, which wouldn't have been possible any other way. LiDAR in archaeology is like a magic wand - helps you learn about the past much faster and much more accurately.

3D Scanning for Education

3D scanning is changing the learning environment at schools and universities around the world. Nowadays, education is also transforming, giving more space for scanning technology to be integrated into mobile phones and giving options for students to learn using 3D laser scanning as a solution tool for real-world problems.

Check out more of our laser scanning implementation on our website via the link shared earlier in the "Applications" OR "Portfolio" section.