3 Kinect Sensors + 3D Printer = Action Figure of YOURSELF

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In Barcelona, blablabLAB set up an installation where visitors could stand on a small podium in any pose they wanted, and three hacked Kinect sensors would take a 360 degree video to capture that pose. Then the information was sent to a 3-D printer which would print out a tiny figure of the person, as a souvenir!

How cool is that? I would love one of these! For one, I didn't even realize there was such thing as a 3D printer, which means I must be behind in the times because apparently it's existed for a while now. And using the technology of the Kinect sensors in this way is such a great idea! I love seeing how this kind of technology is affecting things around us. In a way, this is even a form of art! Popular Science describes it as an "interactive art installation".

Here's a video showing people using it and looking at their prints:



Be Your Own Souvenir! from blablabLAB on Vimeo.


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