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(well, machine learning) and Dinosaur tracks", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2023/03/02/ai-well-machine-learning-and-dinosaur-tracks/", "published_at": "2023-03-02T11:12:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-833f-7398-ba51-169e5824c08d", "title": "[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio with an eGPU – performance and review.", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/10/23/academic-tech-surface-laptop-studio-with-an-egpu-performance-and-review/", "published_at": "2022-10-23T10:52:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-833f-7398-ba51-169e586a8aa7", "title": "[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio vs m1 MacBook Pro (and vs 7 year-old desktop): photogrammetry and rendering", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/09/17/surface-laptop-studio-vs-m1-macbook-pro-and-vs-7-year-old-desktop-photogrammetry-and-rendering/", "published_at": "2022-09-17T18:43:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-833f-7398-ba51-169e588b0eb3", "title": "[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio review/first thoughts (i7, 32GB, A2000)", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/09/17/surface-laptop-studio-review-first-thoughts-i7-32gb-a2000/", "published_at": "2022-09-17T18:42:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-833f-7398-ba51-169e59622f81", "title": "[Academic Tech] Samsung Galaxy Fold 3", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/07/21/academic-tech-samsung-galaxy-fold-3/", "published_at": "2022-07-21T15:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdda-8340-71be-8181-028d675701ff", "title": "I’m A Reality Capture Convert.", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/07/18/im-a-reality-capture-convert/", "published_at": "2022-07-18T11:56:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976aa53b3b4", "title": "[Academic Tech] The Anycubic Photon Mono X resin-based 3D printer", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/05/12/academic-tech-the-anycubic-photon-mono-x-resin-based-3d-printer/", "published_at": "2022-05-12T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976aa9ff759", "title": "[Academic Tech] Agisoft Metashape on the M1 Macbook Pro – impressive.", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/05/11/academic-tech-agisoft-metashape-on-the-m1-macbook-pro-impressive/", "published_at": "2022-05-11T19:04:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976aaafc9b8", "title": "Neural Radiance Fields (NERF), and Instant-ngp – Future of photogrammetry?", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/04/26/neural-radiance-fields-nerf-and-instant-ngp-future-of-photogrammetry/", "published_at": "2022-04-26T18:22:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976ab503ddf", "title": "[Academic Tech] Data Backup! Western Digital My Cloud Ex 2 Ultra Network Attached Storage review", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/04/11/academic-tech-data-backup-western-digital-my-cloud-ex-2-ultra-network-attached-storage-review/", "published_at": "2022-04-11T15:51:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976ac395120", "title": "[Academic Tech] Sony a6400 ‘review’", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/02/13/academic-tech-sony-a6400-review/", "published_at": "2022-02-13T16:15:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976ac5078d9", "title": "[Photogrammetry Testing] COLMAP 3.7 and OpenMVS v2.0 [now with CUDA]", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/02/05/photogrammetry-testing-colmap-3-7-and-openmvs-v2-0-now-with-cuda/", "published_at": "2022-02-05T20:33:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976acfb4a8d", "title": "[Photogrammetry testing] Beholder Vision (cloud based)", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2022/01/19/photogrammetry-testing-beholder-vision-cloud-based/", "published_at": "2022-01-19T15:00:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976ad203ddf", "title": "[Academic Tech] Back to the Surface Pro X", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/12/30/academic-tech-back-to-the-surface-pro-x/", "published_at": "2021-12-30T13:09:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976adc3d3f5", "title": "[Academic Tech] Logitech Craft Wireless Keyboard", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/11/21/academic-tech-logitech-craft-wireless-keyboard/", "published_at": "2021-11-21T14:37:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddd-77da-723e-92b3-5976ae5a93e6", "title": "[Academic Tech] Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 _basic_ review, and thoughts on what I’m looking for in a phone.", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/10/03/academic-tech-samsung-galaxy-z-flip-3-_basic_-review-and-thoughts-on-what-im-looking-for-in-a-phone/", "published_at": "2021-10-03T15:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf2e0c556", "title": "Colour matching textures of two models with Photoshop.", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/10/02/colour-matching-textures/", "published_at": "2021-10-02T14:41:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf2ec23c6", "title": "Meshroom CL – The best free photogrammetry software now works without Nvidia", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/09/26/meshroom-cl/", "published_at": "2021-09-26T09:02:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf338c425", "title": "Updated batch script for Meshroom 2021", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/08/19/updated-batch-script-for-meshroom-2021/", "published_at": "2021-08-19T10:59:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf4067a8c", "title": "REMBG – a phenomenal AI-based background remover", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/07/19/rembg-a-phenomenal-ai-based-background-remover/", "published_at": "2021-07-19T19:20:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf468c7d3", "title": "Photogrammetry testing [Commercial] – ContextCapture", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/07/01/contextcapture/", "published_at": "2021-07-01T08:53:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf47bd5f7", "title": "Adding thickness to your scans for 3D printing. Or… Making 3D surfaces into solids.", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/06/10/adding-thickness-to-your-scans-for-3d-printing-or-making-3d-surfaces-into-solids/", "published_at": "2021-06-10T15:09:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf4863cd3", "title": "Macro photogrammetry – digitizing small details", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/04/02/macro-photogrammetry-digitizing-small-details/", "published_at": "2021-04-02T16:50:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf4afae87", "title": "Epic games buys RealityCapture developer", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/03/10/epic-games-buys-realitycapture-developer/", "published_at": "2021-03-10T11:36:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf57c42c2", "title": "Meshroom 2021.1.0 – What’s new, and what parameters to tweak", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/03/02/meshroom-2021-1-0-whats-new-and-what-parameters-to-tweak/", "published_at": "2021-03-02T09:37:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde0-293a-738f-9dcf-e8dbf6648976", "title": "Photogrammetry Testing: COLMAP-CL – a game changer for those without an Nvidia card", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/02/15/photogrammetry-testing-colmap-cl-a-game-changer-for-those-without-an-nvidia-card/", "published_at": "2021-02-15T15:17:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef141836a", "title": "[Academic Tech] – Microsoft Surface Go 2 (m3), the new best companion device?", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2021/02/09/academic-tech-microsoft-surface-go-2-m3-the-new-best-companion-device/", "published_at": "2021-02-09T09:02:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef1996ee8", "title": "Surface Pro X review (and comparison with Surface Go)", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/12/24/surface-pro-x-review-and-comparison-with-surface-go/", "published_at": "2020-12-24T12:58:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef1d0b3d2", "title": "Rennaisser Raphael 520BT vs Surface Pro pen", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/12/18/rennaisser-raphael-520bt/", "published_at": "2020-12-18T12:00:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef2145af5", "title": "A free/opensource workflow from CT scan to FEA", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/11/06/a-free-opensource-workflow-from-ct-scan-to-fea/", "published_at": "2020-11-06T13:52:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef2ca5094", "title": "Trials and tribulations of recording lectures – what’s (not) worked", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/10/20/trials-and-tribulations-of-recording-lectures-whats-not-worked/", "published_at": "2020-10-20T15:52:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef32e1e19", "title": "[Academic Tech] Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (vs Sony WF-1000xm3) review", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/08/25/academic-tech-samsung-galaxy-buds-live-vs-sony-wf-1000xm3-review/", "published_at": "2020-08-25T10:44:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef3b77ade", "title": "New paper: Constructing and testing hypotheses of dinosaur foot motion", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/08/17/new-paper-constructing-and-testing-hypotheses-of-dinosaur-foot-motion/", "published_at": "2020-08-17T13:45:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef4a01035", "title": "PhDs on offer with competitive funding", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/08/10/phds-on-offer-with-competitive-funding/", "published_at": "2020-08-10T10:44:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef567bd30", "title": "[Academic Tech] Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds review", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/07/16/academic-tech-sony-wf-1000xm3-wireless-earbuds-review/", "published_at": "2020-07-16T14:40:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde2-a42c-73bc-95e2-ab8ef5c50f7f", "title": "Free and Commercial Photogrammetry software review: 2020 [with minor updates in 2021]", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/07/10/free-and-commercial-photogrammetry-software-review-2020/", "published_at": "2020-07-10T12:20:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434b609028", "title": "Photogrammetry Testing: 3DF Zephyr 5.0", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/07/10/photogrammetry-testing-3df-zephyr-5-0/", "published_at": "2020-07-10T06:57:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434bea9ce0", "title": "Upgrading the arduino photogrammetry to use InfraRed LEDs to trigger the camera", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/06/27/upgrading-the-arduino-photogrammetry-to-use-infrared-leds-to-trigger-the-camera/", "published_at": "2020-06-27T15:02:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434bf9ad91", "title": "Moving from Endnote to Zotero", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/06/19/moving-from-endnote-to-zotero/", "published_at": "2020-06-19T10:31:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434cc5209d", "title": "Transferring textures from two halves to a whole (using Maya)", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/28/transferring-textures-from-two-halves-to-a-whole-using-maya/", "published_at": "2020-05-28T14:42:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434d7f0b63", "title": "Transferring textures from two halves to a whole (using Blender)", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/28/transferring-textures-from-two-halves-to-a-whole-using-blender/", "published_at": "2020-05-28T14:33:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434daec341", "title": "Aligning and merging two halves of a scan: CloudCompare", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/27/aligning-and-merging-two-halves-of-a-scan-cloudcompare/", "published_at": "2020-05-27T19:03:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434e53f4d4", "title": "Photogrammetry: Does shooting RAW or JPG make a difference?", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/22/photogrammetry-does-shooting-raw-or-jpg-make-a-difference/", "published_at": "2020-05-22T10:08:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434e87c359", "title": "Alicevision Meshroom 2019.2.0 – best settings (that I use)", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/17/alicevision-meshroom-2019-2-0-best-settings-that-i-use/", "published_at": "2020-05-17T13:29:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434eda85c6", "title": "Photogrammetry testing: Regard 3D", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/14/photogrammetry-testing-regard-3d/", "published_at": "2020-05-14T13:07:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-0120-709d-b869-42434fd885a9", "title": "Photogrammetry testing: OpenDroneMap", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/05/11/photogrammetry-testing-opendronemap/", "published_at": "2020-05-11T18:13:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a8-7054-848d-da2be02b4884", "title": "Creating a flexible height ramp shader for blender", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/04/29/creating-a-flexible-height-ramp-shader-for-blender/", "published_at": "2020-04-29T10:58:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a8-7054-848d-da2be08a314a", "title": "Extending my Automated Arduino photogrammetry setup to include a DSLR", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/04/25/extending-my-automated-arduino-photogrammetry-setup-to-include-a-dslr/", "published_at": "2020-04-25T11:16:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a8-7054-848d-da2be0a57096", "title": "Use the Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10 to record tutorials", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/03/19/use-the-xbox-game-bar-in-windows-10-to-record-tutorials/", "published_at": "2020-03-19T14:06:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a9-7383-8ddc-6bed8289eb32", "title": "The best free software for editing and cleaning (decimating and retopologizing) meshes and 3D data [2020]", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/03/18/the-best-free-software-for-editing-and-cleaning-decimating-and-retopologizing-meshes-and-3d-data-2020/", "published_at": "2020-03-18T13:42:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a9-7383-8ddc-6bed83557f94", "title": "Automating photogrammetry – 3D printing, an Arduino, and an Android phone", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/03/07/automating-photogrammetry-3d-printing-an-arduino-and-an-android-phone/", "published_at": "2020-03-07T14:44:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a9-7383-8ddc-6bed837e506f", "title": "[Academic Tech] Campark mini wildlife Camera Review", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/02/01/campark-mini-wildlife-camera-review/", "published_at": "2020-02-01T09:47:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a9-7383-8ddc-6bed838fd64f", "title": "The new ‘select object’ tool in Photoshop 2020 is a lifesaver for photogrammetry", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/01/13/the-new-select-object-tool-in-photoshop-2020-is-a-lifesaver-for-photogrammetry/", "published_at": "2020-01-13T21:03:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a9-7383-8ddc-6bed83f5bb4d", "title": "Publications from 2019", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2020/01/10/publications-from-2019/", "published_at": "2020-01-10T12:02:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde7-84a9-7383-8ddc-6bed846ea65c", "title": "[Academic Tech] The Windows nerd [begrudgingly] gets an iMac", "url": "https://peterfalkingham.com/2019/11/14/the-windows-nerd-begrudgingly-gets-an-imac/", "published_at": "2019-11-14T15:17:15+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Ditching Bluefin for CachyOSoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
[Academic Tech] Gigabyte AI Top (Nvidia DGX Spark) revieworiginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
[Academic Tech] – The M5 MacBook Air revieworiginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
authFace — Windows Hello-style face unlock for Linux (that actually works on immutable distros)original ↗
17 Jul 2026
RealityScan 2.2 finally brings AMD GPU support (to Windows)original ↗
25 Jun 2026
Three papers from the lab so far this yearoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
Running Hermes Across Multiple Computers, keeping memory and soul synced with kDriveoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
Podcast Episode: Local AI Tools And Workflows (summarising recent postsoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
[Academic Tech] Asus ProArt P16 with RTX Spark announced: The laptop I’ve been waiting for – due Late 2026original ↗
5 Jun 2026
The Local AI Treadmill – everything I’ve built will be obsolete in weeksoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
My Linux Journey Is Nearly Complete (But There Are Still A Few Rough Edges)original ↗
2 Jun 2026
Building My Personal AI Research Assistant: What I’ve Done So Faroriginal ↗
26 May 2026
Getting Local AI Working for Me: LM Studio, OpenCode, and Hermesoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
[Academic Tech] 2025 Asus ProArt P16 with Nvidia 5090 (vs 2024’s 4070)original ↗
17 Apr 2026
Leaving OneDrive, moving to kDriveoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
Office 365 and Linux – trying to use Linux when your organization is all in and locked down with Microsoftoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
Linux 2: Even nearlier there… Moving to CachyOS, squashing bugs, and living the Linux life.original ↗
27 Feb 2026
Linux; so very nearly there. My experience with Bazzite has me almost leaving Windows.original ↗
8 Feb 2026

2025

Using local AI/LLM in VS Code without third party software, on the CPU, GPU or NPUoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2025
Major update to Open Source photogrammetry software Meshroom 2025.1original ↗
19 Sept 2025
[Academic Tech] XREAL Air Pro 2 – Immersive Augmented Reality Glassesoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2025
RealityScan 2.0 Released (formerly RealityCapture)original ↗
19 Jun 2025
Modern image formats – which is best? Experimenting with .AVIF and .JXLoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2025
Setting up Zotero with Onedrive/Dropbox/Google drive etcoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2025
[Academic Tech] Oneplus Open Apex Edition (after 2 months)original ↗
12 Mar 2025
Dinosaur locomotion – Paper and online seminaroriginal ↗
17 Jan 2025

2024

[Academic Tech] Asus Proart P16 AMD CoPilot+ Review: Incredible performance and designoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2024
No more Agisoft?  Turn to Reality Capture with this guideoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2024
‘[New] Outlook’ – everything that’s wrong with modern softwareoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2024
[Academic Tech] Philips 40″ 5K2K Ultrawide Thunderbolt monitororiginal ↗
23 Sept 2024
Dabbling with Linux again. And quickly giving up… again.original ↗
26 Jun 2024
Focus stacking and photogrammetryoriginal ↗
1 May 2024
An Excellent Free and Open Source focus-stacking solutionoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2024
My experience training a local LLM (AI chatbot) on local data…original ↗
26 Apr 2024
[Academic Tech] JBL Tour One M2 Noise Cancelling Headphonesoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2024
Reality Capture going free for everyone*original ↗
14 Mar 2024
Beholder Vision Desktoporiginal ↗
23 Jan 2024

2023

RealityScan – Photogrammetry on Androidoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2023
[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio (gen 1) long term revieworiginal ↗
23 Nov 2023
Reality Capture v1.3: The fastest just got fasteroriginal ↗
8 Nov 2023
Windows is getting me downoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2023
Updated height map material for blender – use images or colour rampsoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2023
Job opportunities – Research assistant and two post-docsoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2023
The arches of hominin footprints reflect motion, not just anatomy – once again ‘footprints are not feet’original ↗
4 May 2023
[Photogrammetry] Meshroom 2023.1 releasedoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2023
A.I. (well, machine learning) and Dinosaur tracksoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2023

2022

[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio with an eGPU – performance and review.original ↗
23 Oct 2022
[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio vs m1 MacBook Pro (and vs 7 year-old desktop): photogrammetry and renderingoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2022
[Academic Tech] Surface Laptop Studio review/first thoughts (i7, 32GB, A2000)original ↗
17 Sept 2022
[Academic Tech] Samsung Galaxy Fold 3original ↗
21 Jul 2022
I’m A Reality Capture Convert.original ↗
18 Jul 2022
[Academic Tech] The Anycubic Photon Mono X resin-based 3D printeroriginal ↗
12 May 2022
[Academic Tech] Agisoft Metashape on the M1 Macbook Pro – impressive.original ↗
11 May 2022
Neural Radiance Fields (NERF), and Instant-ngp – Future of photogrammetry?original ↗
26 Apr 2022
[Academic Tech] Data Backup! Western Digital My Cloud Ex 2 Ultra Network Attached Storage revieworiginal ↗
11 Apr 2022
[Academic Tech] Sony a6400 ‘review’original ↗
13 Feb 2022
[Photogrammetry Testing] COLMAP 3.7 and OpenMVS v2.0 [now with CUDA]original ↗
5 Feb 2022
[Photogrammetry testing] Beholder Vision (cloud based)original ↗
19 Jan 2022

2021

[Academic Tech] Back to the Surface Pro Xoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2021
[Academic Tech] Logitech Craft Wireless Keyboardoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2021
[Academic Tech] Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 _basic_ review, and thoughts on what I’m looking for in a phone.original ↗
3 Oct 2021
Colour matching textures of two models with Photoshop.original ↗
2 Oct 2021
Meshroom CL – The best free photogrammetry software now works without Nvidiaoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2021
Updated batch script for Meshroom 2021original ↗
19 Aug 2021
REMBG – a phenomenal AI-based background removeroriginal ↗
19 Jul 2021
Photogrammetry testing [Commercial] – ContextCaptureoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2021
Adding thickness to your scans for 3D printing. Or… Making 3D surfaces into solids.original ↗
10 Jun 2021
Macro photogrammetry – digitizing small detailsoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
Epic games buys RealityCapture developeroriginal ↗
10 Mar 2021
Meshroom 2021.1.0 – What’s new, and what parameters to tweakoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2021
Photogrammetry Testing: COLMAP-CL – a game changer for those without an Nvidia cardoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2021
[Academic Tech] – Microsoft Surface Go 2 (m3), the new best companion device?original ↗
9 Feb 2021

2020

Surface Pro X review (and comparison with Surface Go)original ↗
24 Dec 2020
Rennaisser Raphael 520BT vs Surface Pro penoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2020
A free/opensource workflow from CT scan to FEAoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2020
Trials and tribulations of recording lectures – what’s (not) workedoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2020
[Academic Tech] Samsung Galaxy Buds Live (vs Sony WF-1000xm3) revieworiginal ↗
25 Aug 2020
New paper: Constructing and testing hypotheses of dinosaur foot motionoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2020
PhDs on offer with competitive fundingoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2020
[Academic Tech] Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds revieworiginal ↗
16 Jul 2020
Free and Commercial Photogrammetry software review: 2020 [with minor updates in 2021]original ↗
10 Jul 2020
Photogrammetry Testing: 3DF Zephyr 5.0original ↗
10 Jul 2020
Upgrading the arduino photogrammetry to use InfraRed LEDs to trigger the cameraoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2020
Moving from Endnote to Zoterooriginal ↗
19 Jun 2020
Transferring textures from two halves to a whole (using Maya)original ↗
28 May 2020
Transferring textures from two halves to a whole (using Blender)original ↗
28 May 2020
Aligning and merging two halves of a scan: CloudCompareoriginal ↗
27 May 2020
Photogrammetry: Does shooting RAW or JPG make a difference?original ↗
22 May 2020
Alicevision Meshroom 2019.2.0 – best settings (that I use)original ↗
17 May 2020
Photogrammetry testing: Regard 3Doriginal ↗
14 May 2020
Photogrammetry testing: OpenDroneMaporiginal ↗
11 May 2020
Creating a flexible height ramp shader for blenderoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2020
Extending my Automated Arduino photogrammetry setup to include a DSLRoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2020
Use the Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10 to record tutorialsoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2020
The best free software for editing and cleaning (decimating and retopologizing) meshes and 3D data [2020]original ↗
18 Mar 2020
Automating photogrammetry – 3D printing, an Arduino, and an Android phoneoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2020
[Academic Tech] Campark mini wildlife Camera Revieworiginal ↗
1 Feb 2020
The new ‘select object’ tool in Photoshop 2020 is a lifesaver for photogrammetryoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2020
Publications from 2019original ↗
10 Jan 2020

2019

[Academic Tech] The Windows nerd [begrudgingly] gets an iMacoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
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