Surface scanners help Thames Water understand what different NDT tools can measure, and a Konica-Minolta Vivid system had been used to map corrosion in small diameter (4-8”) pipes. However, such a system is inappropriate for pipes over 18” diameter. For large pipes a handheld scanner is needed and Thames Water appraised market offerings inviting various…
Artec’s Eva Captures Earliest Recorded Form of the Irish Language
Dotted around the rugged landscape of Western Ireland and the Irish Sea are individual stones standing three or more feet out of the ground marked with symbols, mini-memorials that tell the stories of prominent people and tribes in the first language of the Irish more than 1,500 years ago. View: Photos of the Day: Digitizing…
Photos of the Day: Digitizing Ireland’s Ogham Inscribed Stones
Over the centuries the stones continue to weather, slowly losing their inscriptions as the elements erode the carved language and symbols. Preserving these remnants of an ancient language – and capturing the physical depth of the writing and the shape of each stone – was a perfect application for advanced, portable, hand-held 3D scanning. Read:…