Forced Perspective Mural
We’ve been messing with projection mapping these past two weeks. The idea is that you look at the wall mural from a spot right in front of our service deskRead More →
2017-08-25
3D Scanning Roman Coins
Last year we took a up a photometry collaboration with our Digital Library Development Program and Dr. Watts from the UCSD History dept. We took hundreds of super highRead More →
2017-08-22
3D Lidar Point Clouds of UC San Diego
I’ve been trying to figure out ways to 3D print a large scale campus map for a while now. We’ve got a sketchup file from an architect with decent qualityRead More →
2017-08-11
3D Modeling Artifacts from Photos/Text
This is our first crack at modeling this clunky 1910s body armor meant to protect U.S. soldiers from machine gun fire. The whole thing weighed 40 pounds. It would seemRead More →
2017-07-25
Custom Gear for Mouse Labs
We’ve been getting a lot of business printing and helping design custom bits for mouse research. Stairs, brain holders, tongue extenders, we’re happy to help. We can also help trainRead More →
2017-07-14
Photoscanning Dr. Seuss Statue.
We’ve been working on a 3D photoscan of the Dr. Seuss statue under Geisel Library. We’ve taken about 700 pictures (total overkill), and the whole statue model is pretty good.Read More →
2017-07-09
Rubber Coating 3D Prints
Everyone prints a phone case when they first get a 3D printer, but it kind of sucks and they throw it away. We’ve had a lot of luck spraying piecesRead More →
2017-07-07
360 Photos on Geisel Rooftop
We were lucky enough to get up Geisel’s roof today to make some promo materials. I took our samsung gear 360 camera with me. The lanscapes were pretty crummy detailRead More →
2017-07-06
3D Printing William S. Burroughs Sculpture
Brian Schottlaender (just retired University Librarian and big Burroughs fan) had his retiurement party last week. As a gift we decided to get him a bust of his favorite author.Read More →
2017-07-01
3d Printing/Painting Archaeological Sites
Color is one of the biggest limitations of 3D printing. We’ve been experimenting with painting lately, these are some 3D printed models of the Khirbat en Nahas site (KEN) excavatedRead More →
2017-06-22