Hi John, If you sign up for an AutoDesk account, you may get decent results by using AutoDesk123D Catch to scan the person's head. After you get the file out of 123D Catch, clean it up and add a base in MeshMixer. Then bring the cleaned up file into AutoDesk 123D. AutoDesk 123D can generate common 3D interchange formats that can be converted for use with a 3D printer. Unfortunately, I don't know of an equivalent open source workflow :-/. Also, this is off the top of my head ;-). I have don't this workflow since last summer. Hope this helps, -Adam On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:00 PM, John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org> wrote:

Guys,

Anyone know of a hacker space or other place in the Worcester/Marlborough area where I can get someone's head scanned to be 3-d printed? I found this one place, http://www.teslaract.org, down in Webster Square, but they seem idle.

Thanks, John

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John Stoffel writes:

Wow, this looks like a nice idea. If we get a good, clean white background, it might really work well. I would think that good lighting is the key here. And a tripod while you spin the subject in a chair or stool to keep the orientation as fixed as possible.

I'm sure L&L could rig some sort of vise to keep your head still. I'd settle for just a photo of that, actually.