Last week the FARO Focus^3D featured in a news item of the local broadcasting station ‘TV Gelderland Nieuws’ in the Netherlands (see video below). As reported, the body of a man had been found on the street in the city of Arnhem on Tuesday the 31^st of January. The national police started its investigation with a team of 25 detectives. It was unclear whether the cause of his death had been the result of a crime, although it was suspected that violence must have been in play.

As the KLPD (National Police Services of the Netherlands) had only recently purchased the FARO Focus^3D in December 2011, they now had a state-of-the-art laser scanner to assist them in their investigation. The FARO Focus^3D enables crime scene investigators to make a detailed documentation of the scene and surroundings of any investigation. The actual measurements can then be conducted afterwards and do not necessarily have to be made on site.

It was later discovered that the death of the man was tightly connected with the injury of a 21-year old woman earlier that day. According to the police the man and woman had recently ended their relationship.  During a fight in her home in Arnhem the ex-boyfriend had injured the woman with a stabbing weapon. The man of 33 was later found dead near his home. The police have now been able to conclude that the death of this man was not the result of a crime, but had instead been self-inflicted.

Source: TV Gelderland Nieuws, 2nd of February 2012 (http://www.omroepgelderland.nl)

For FARO the exhibition year started with a big highlight. For the first time the brand new booth “Scanyon” has been presented to the trade show visitors at DEUBAU in Essen.

The futuristic design uses analogies from naturally shaped freeform structures to get an agile landscape inside the booth. This welcoming environment offers the ideal showroom to presents FAROs latest hard and software solutions.

The new booth can be seen at all upcoming major laser scanner exhibitions through Europe.