Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

Virtual reality is becoming more of a reality in our everyday lives, as more companies are investing in the technology. Sony, the company that brought us the PS5, filed a patent that looks like it ...

This article was taken from the February 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands ...

On a computer screen in a lab, a scattered cluster of stone flakes suddenly snaps together into a single, razor-edged tool, each fragment rotating and locking into place as if time is running in ...

The Revopoint INSPIRE 3D Scanners enters a world of 3D scanning that has rapidly expanded in recent years. High-end 3D scanners, developed by the likes of FARO and others, have driven forward the idea ...

Scanning pictures has become so common and readily available to the general public that people are doing it at home from their desks. Even some new digital picture frames can scan a photo. What ...

3D scanning has seen a surge in popularity over the past few years, as capabilities increase and prices decrease. This has meant that a broad range of devices have become available at much more ...

You may have heard: 3-D is hot. So hot in fact that now it’s found its way onto a device you’d think had zero 3-D powers: The iPhone 4 (or most recent iPod Touch). It’s via a scanning app called ...

A new smartphone is able to scan not only the appearance but also the chemical composition of objects around it. Manufactured by Chinese company Changhong, the “H2” is fitted with a dedicated ...