Occipital Promises Mind-Blowing 3D Trickery for Work or Play

Get in on the ground floor as we look at the most exciting crowdfunded tech projects out there right now. This week: Structure Sensor, which is pitched as the world's first 3D sensor for mobile devices. The device is designed to be an attached-hardware add-on for mobile tablets and phones that allows the user to capture spacial models of objects and indoor areas.

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Disney Tech Makes Touchscreens Touchy-Feely

A new algorithm can render 3D textures and tactile features on a touchscreen, giving users the sensation of feeling what they see. The new technology could be used in education, medical applications and certain design applications, suggested Tirias Research analyst Jim McGregor, but "probably the most compelling applications will be consumer applications and immersive gaming."

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CyArk: Preserving world heritage sites with the latest 3D laser scanning technology

Hanging off the nose of one of the massive granite US presidents at Mount Rushmore is something we normally associate with an Alfred Hitchcock movie. But these are the lengths you must go to if you want to save the world’s most stunning heritage sites.

The combination of a hammer and chisel is no longer the best way to preserve the minute detail that has made these monuments so great. An ambitious plan to scan hundreds of the planet’s best cultural spaces with a 3D laser is a plot old Hitch himself would have been proud to put on the big screen.

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