[SlashGear]

…what if you could just take a picture of something and watch as that thing was suddenly replicated as a 3D model before your very eyes? ….

That’s exactly what Tammabattula has created. The only catch is that the picture needs to come from a 3D camera. “All 3D printers require the item to be made from an intricate and complicated digital wireframe file. Naturally, you need a great deal of technical knowledge in order to produce these. My invention does away with this, instead printing directly from a photograph, by means of a 3D camera,” he said in a press release.

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Read the full story here: http://www.slashgear.com/indian-scentist-creates-3d-printer-of-the-future-14213501/