3 June 2018 (updated 12 July 2020)
This product uses an Arduino Uno (IoT device) to control the movement of the time-of-flight ToF sensor. It also gives voice instructions to the user to toggle various buttons, instructs them to look directly at the ToF sensor and then press a push-button when the 3D scanning is completed.
The completed 3D-printed bust using this Ianboake.com IoT product is shown. It shows the bust printed in black PLA, albeit with the support material not removed, as yet, under my chin and it was not printed on a very good 3D printer.
If you want me to 3D-scan a similar bust of you, these will cost $50 each, so please email me. I do, however, suggest that you get it professionally 3D-printed, as the results will be substantially better than the example that you see here.
Gallery of images during the development stages:
Nicely 3D printed power line lattice towers (I did a model for work, demonstrating the principle of dynamic line ratings for power transmission lines for Ampeak2018 in Hobart, Tasmania)
When you have a great idea, it is only a matter of time until that idea is copied and then monetised. I call this the “thousand monkey principle”. Up to a thousand people are given a similar idea at the same time. It is then a race to the finish for who can exploit the idea for commercial gain in the quickest way. In this instance, I conceived this idea, without any outside influence, in 2014 and then developed the above working prototype. I tried to get investors and partners, but didn’t have the right relationships and connections to commercialise the idea. The developers of the product below came after me and have achieved that success. In Aus we say “Good on them!”. One advantage of mine is that it can scan a human bust, which only much more expensive derivatives can do.
If don’t want to build one as I have and you want to buy a high definition 3D scanner, go to these products from RevPoint
Link to above product website: https://amzn.to/47iyMhr
Produce page for the above 3D scanner: https://amzn.to/4n4mvSk