Ros 3d Kinect Contest Winners

This is maybe only peripherally (ha!) related to robotics, but it’s cool enough that I thought it was worth sharing… Besides, it’s Friday, and you deserve some nifty videos to watch. Anyway, we’ve posted before on all the cool things that roboticists have been able to do with Microsoft’s stupidly cheap and effective 3D camera system, and Willow Garage took some initiative and sponsored a contest to try and kick start even more open source Kinect innovation.

ROS 3D Kinect Contest Winners

Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Botjunkie/~3/jy1nc_IH-yg/

3-D Wrinkle for Portable Gaming

Portable devices are less necessary for gamers with smartphones, but gadget makers intend a comeback, with Nintendo using three-dimensional graphics.

3-D Wrinkle for Portable Gaming

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4c22c6891a63fc1fe222efd9b3e3a297

3-d1

For a near-instant, all-natural 3-D snowflake, cross your eyes and relax your vision until you can see three images. Then focus on the central image. Voila!

3-d1

Backlink: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/wp-content/gallery/sem-snowflakes/3-d1.jpg

3D printed icosidodecahedron

Francesco De Comite's uploaded a selection of the icosidodecahedron geometries he's had 3D printed at Shapeways, which lets you upload your own 3D models and runs them up on 3D printers.

3D printed icosidodecahedron

Backlink: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PGvkma7dZus/3d-printed-icosidode.html

Advertising: Fujifilm Ads for a 3-D Camera Aim at Moviegoing Families

The digital camera maker is advertising a 3-D camera to parents at showings of movies intended for families, like “Harry Potter” and “Tangled.”

Advertising: Fujifilm Ads for a 3-D Camera Aim at Moviegoing Families

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3d9bfe0cfcf229e590aa95f4a1d9df4d

Novelties: Holograms Deliver 3-D, Without the Goofy Glasses

Even before the technology is practical for games and entertainment, applications are beginning to arise in advertising, the military, architecture and engineering.

Novelties: Holograms Deliver 3-D, Without the Goofy Glasses

Backlink: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dba002451e70da2114955f27fc38587e

UNC team builds 3D model of Rome using Flickr photos on a single PC in one day

A UNC team has written an engine that scours Flickr for photos of a city, figures out which ones are images of the same place, analyzes them, and uses the results to build amazingly detailed 3D models -- all in less than a day, using a single PC.

UNC team builds 3D model of Rome using Flickr photos on a single PC in one day

Backlink: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/opvop9AGu8k/unc-team-builds-3d-m.html

Video of a 3D printer in action

Marketplace Tech Report had a piece on 3D printing this morning. I came away with two thoughts:

Video of a 3D printer in action

Backlink: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/PO1ghgjIIcM/video-of-a-3d-printe.html