Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

NATICK, Mass. – Science is in motion at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, or DEVCOM SC. Researchers are using 4D scanning as a tool to better understand human ...

3D scanning is important because the ability to digitize awkward or troublesome shapes from the real world can really hit the spot. One can reconstruct objects by drawing them up in CAD, but when ...