The FARO Focus has recently been part of an incredible ScanLAB project where they have been able to recreate a virtual experience of what it is like leaving your home and beginning your journey to seek asylum. ScanLAB project used the FARO Focus x330 to capture the streets of central Manchester through mounting it to a vehicle…
FARO has recently had the opportunity to provide their FARO Freestyle and FARO Focus Laser Scanner in helping to ensure the Trinity Buoy Wharf Lighthouse in London can be cherished for more coming years. FARO 3D X130 tripod-mounted laser scanner was used by SIAD to gather data of the entire exterior and interior of the lighthouse. They then further…
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the motor car in 2036, FARO along with other key stakeholders have formed a private partnership named ARENA2036. The main objective of ARENA2036 is to prepare the the way for the automotive production of the future in order. The factory of the future must be able to optimise itself in order to…
Toward the end of last summer, after he had finished his scans of Baroque churches in Rome and Turin and was back in his Meyerson Hall office, Andrew Saunders began sending massive batches of data to the cloud. He had scanned the interiors of each sumptuous church from multiple vantages, using a top-of-the-line LiDAR (Light…
The use of 3D scanning for industrial environments has already been done since the 3D laser scanner has been invented. However, scanning with a fixed solution often provided problems, technicians often had to do dangerous climbs to be able to scan everything, machines had to stop working, etc. Belgian company Think 3D has found the…
Daniel Oxley, Account Manager – Public Safety, Europe North, FARO Technologies UK Ltd discusses how the ability to precisely scan and capture important macro and micro crime- and incident-scene information can revolutionise forensics and legal proceedings Advances in 3D scanning technology and its associated hardware have created a new paradigm in the ability to interrogate…
Invisible Italy, a new TV series launched by BBC ONE takes viewers on a stunning historical journey through three of Italy’s most prominent cities. As part of this programme, ScanLAB projects used FARO scanners to provide viewers with a first hand perspective of Italy’s past. FARO scanners played a significant role in offering new and…
A key safety issue in the operation of any nuclear reactor or nuclear waste management site is the control and containment of radioactive material, making risk assessment and management by means of regular inspection a vital element as much as a regulatory requirement. By Yoldas Askan, Nuclear Future, 4/2011 Given the challenges of working in…