If you want to lose weight and get into shape, some gyms are now offering high-tech, 3D body scanners to help you track your progress. A few months ago, musical theater actress Sarah Loman came to ...

Not least because it has been trumpeted (PDF) as Australia's largest-ever body-shape survey using 3D body-scanning technology. At a cost of $1 million, the project will involve scanning up to 20,000 ...

Amazon has been conducting research that involves digital 3D "scans" of people's bodies in exchange for a $25 Amazon gift card. The e-commerce giant is currently carrying out the image study at two ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I freely admit that I perhaps have an excessive amount of fitness gadgets. There’s the Withings smart scale that ...

Shape has been working on its “body computing platform” for a while now, and it is now taking preorders for its ShapeScale 3D body scanner. The ShapeScale scanner combines a scale with a scanner that ...

In recent years, health and wellness has become increasingly connected to technology, with a bevy of health-forward products entering the market. These devices include everything from smart watches ...

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Obesity is a significant worldwide epidemic that necessitates accessible tools for robust body composition analysis. We investigated whether widely available 3D body surface scanners can provide ...

How hard is it to pick the next Usain Bolt, Ian Thorpe, or Anna Meares? Finding a world champion often falls to talent scouts and involves years of hard work, but could it be as simple as a 35-second ...

3D body scanning systems have hit the big time after years of stops and starts. Hot on the heels of Original Stitch’s Bodygram, another 3D scanner, 3DLOOK, has entered into the fray with a $1 million ...