This year the FARO Laser Scanner Focus^3D was awarded the coveted innovation prize in the “Product of High Architectural Quality” category. A jury of well-known architects and engineers awarded this prestige architecture and design prize.

The Focus^3D particularly impressed the jury with its innovative design and its technical performance. Moreover, the jury judged that the increasing need for 3D data was an indicator for the importance of this product. This means that time-consuming work such as measuring or area and quantity surveying can be significantly shortened very easily with the aid of modern laser scanners – thoroughly, quickly and cost-effectively.

With its high degree of precision, the device is able to assist construction managers, structural construction companies and the tradesmen carrying out the work with quality assurance at the building site: for example in the construction of façades, in checking the precise fit of assembled elements, in checking formwork elements in concrete structures, in positioning structurally sensitive supports and in numerous other applications.

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.

We are happy to announce that the FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D has been honoured with a Best of What’s New award by the Popular Science magazine. Each year, new products from almost every corner of industry – from consumer electronics to green technologies – are submitted to the publication’s editors for consideration. This year, FARO’s Focus3D has been named to that list of innovations.

“We’re thrilled that the Focus3D has been named to the Best of What’s New list, particularly when we consider the number of entries vying for the award,” said Jay Freeland, CEO of FARO Technologies. “FARO is constantly working to produce the most advanced products to improve our customers’ products and processes. In that respect, this is great recognition for us and them.” The laser scanner was considered for its use in forensic investigations, particularly by small police departments that might not otherwise be able to afford the technology. Its small size, robust functionality and ease-of-use make it the ideal solution for many applications in addition to forensics, including architecture, civil engineering and surveying.

Once again congratulations to the whole FARO Laser Scanner Team!

The NPL and FARO would like to invite you to the opening of the NPL recertification centre on the 30th November from 10.00am – 2.00pm.

More info about the launch event – http://www.faro.com/content.aspx?ct=uk&content=news&item=4238&tab=1

More info about NPL – http://www.npl.co.uk/

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Learn all about the new features as:

* Live Colour Scan
* Shortcuts
* and the Easy Move Wizard

Italian: November 09th (15:00) -> register
Spanish: November 10th (15:00) -> register
German:  November 15th (15:00) -> register
French:  November 16th (15:00) -> register

Dr. Bernd-Dietmar Becker,

Topic of the conference held by Bernd-Dietmar Becker will be “Laser Scanning: photographing architecture in 3D”.

When: October 6^th at 9:00 o’clock PM.

Where: Auditorium, Piazza della Libertà, Città Bassa, Bergamo, Italy

Moderator: Prof. Alessio Cardaci, Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Organisation: Associazione BergamoScienza

Support: Università degli Studi di Bergamo (University of Bergamo)

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CAM2 Measure 10 new features also include:

Live Colour Scan: This highlights deviations from CAD during the scanning process to help identify inconsistencies quickly and expedite the scanning process. Live Colour Scan allows inspection of free form parts with the FARO ScanArm more quickly and easily than ever before.

Shortcuts: This feature enables users to record steps in a measurement process and then combines them into a single command to be accessed later: it’s possible to easily obtain measurement data that previously may have only been available through a series of complex operations.

Easy Move Wizard simplifies measurement of large parts, particularly when frequent repositioning is a necessity. By enabling quick identification of correct target correspondence, the time required to relocate (“leapfrog”) the FaroArm is reduced and the potential for user error is mitigated.

Learn more about the new CAM2 Measure 10. Download the CAM2 Measure 10 trial version.

In July 2009, Gatti’s wife was arrested for his murder but shortly thereafter Brazilian investigators determined that Gatti’s death was a suicide. Friends, family and fans refused to believe it and the Gatti family hired private investigators Paul Ciolino and Joe Moura to find out what really happened, as they were convinced the Brazilian police “bungled the investigation”.

Ciolino used the Focus^3D to scan the inside of the beach-front condo where Gatti was found, and recreate the crime scene to determine if a suicide was possible. At the end of the investigation, the team delivered the news that Arturo Gatti did not commit suicide…he was murdered. Included in a 317-page report was data from the scans taken with the Focus^3D analyzing the positioning of the supposed suicide along with blood spatter analysis – and the investigators and a team of experts all agree that Gatti was murdered.

The all new FARO Focus3D Sensor (S) is now available. New hardware feature includes the Compass and Height Sensor which complement the existing Dual Axis Compensator for the FARO Focus^3D S.  The two new sensors deliver the orientation and the relative height against a set starting point for each scan. They significantly improve the automatic registration process, minimizing manual effort in post processing.

Learn more about those new features and discover how fast post processing can be. All about the new FARO Focus3D S