With OpenScan project software, Raspberry Pi, and the Pi camera v2.1, Megel created a budget-friendly 3D-scanning system that's able to capture highly accurate 10-micron 3D scans with relative ease.

There is more to come from this project, so it is definitely one to watch. Four Pi boards may seem a lot, but it is nothing to this scanner with 39 of them.

[Richard] just posted an Instructable on his ridiculously cool 39 Pi 3D Scanner! That’s right. 39 individual Raspberry Pies with camera modules. But why? Well, [Richard] loves 3D printing ...

Anyone can afford a $35 Raspberry Pi, but what do you do with this blank slate of computing to get started? We have 5 easy, useful ideas that anyone can pull off.