Someone last year mentioned a need to convert a photo of a retiring engineer
to an STL file so that a gift of RP head can be created.
I ran across some technology which utilizes a digital camera, a point light
source, and some software to create a solid file based on an algorithm using
the shadows. A part the size and complexity of a 35mm camera was scanned
and "solidified" in 2 minutes. Is this neat?
Ken Tashiro
ZYSYS INC.
2790 Skypark Drive
Suite 201
Torrance, California 90505
tel: 310-257-0300
fax: 310-257-0309
E-Mail: ken@zysys.com
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take
orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze
a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal,
fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert A. Heinlein
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