Creating a Full Campus Scan With Octo – Ecosynth:
This is my Ecosynth scan of the UMBC campus (view in interactive 3D!). I’ve been thinking about doing a large combined scan like this one for a while, and this past autumn we finally had the free resources and time to do it. As far as I know, this is the first full color 3D scan of everything inside the loop. While the model is certainly fascinating rendition of campus, there are also possibilities to perform scientific analysis on this model. Measuring the percent green space inside the loop springs to mind as an easy one. The following is my write up of this mission, originally submitted for the DIYDrones T3 contest.
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! We also offer the LulzBot TAZ – Open source 3D Printer and the Printrbot Simple Metal 3D Printer in our store. If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!