Among the numerous areas where Artec 3D scanners are instrumental, education and research take a special place. As with any other technology, 3D scanning would be impossible to evolve without scientific investigation, which is why Artec is fully committed to encouraging academics, experimenters and students to advance in their fields using our products. What do we do to assist in this?
SYRACUSE — Though evoking thoughts of a science fiction movie or space age technology, virtual welding is, in fact, quite real. And it is being used as part of the Pathways career and technical education program at Wawasee High School.
Virtual reality, high tech security systems. All things students are engaging in and learning at the Arlington Career Center.
"When I was a student this class changed my life," Wilmer Castro said.
Wilmer Castro took a collision repair class here, now he teaches it.
Artec light-based handheld 3D scanners were utilized by researchers at Northwest University in Xi’an, China to accurately capture the shape and texture of the skulls and other bones of young females that were found at burial pits located around the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
Just about every single candidate for plastic surgery weighs the risks, contemplating the seemingly unanswerable: “What will I look like afterwards?” Only the future can tell, but one plastic surgeon in Turkey, Dr. Yakup Avşar, brings his clients face to face with their future.
In a recent study at Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey, Artec’s Eva 3D scanner was instrumental in the innovation of a highly accurate method of tracking the behavior of human facial soft tissues depending on the position of the body.
Dr. Ken Stewart, of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, uses Artec Spider to capture the geometry of ears with precision and design implants for patients with microtia, a congenital ear condition.
If you're an engineer looking for an office-friendly 3D printer that delivers professional results, then you win with uPrint. This compact, FDM-based dynamo produces geometrically complex functional parts in engineering-grade plastics. And now bundled with free GrabCAD print software (for users in North America), you can prepare and send files for print directly from your CAD environment.
Carnival Corporation's new world-class Center for Simulator and Maritime Training (CSMART) was officially opened in Almere, Netherlands today. The CSMART is the largest facility in terms of training capacity and utilises the most innovative technology solutions from Transas.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) addresses critical foundation skills desperately needed in the workforce, but how do you encourage the next generation to explore these fields? The solution is to engage students at a young age and expose them to the various and rewarding careers that STEM can open doors to.
