"Our customer was amazed at the minute details captured with the ultra-precise Laser Design laser probe and the ease in calculating the horn volumes with the specialized scanning software."
GKS laser scanned several specimens of dung beetle horns for an entomologist who is seeking a method for accurately calculating the volumes of these tiny items. The horns range in size from ½ mm to 15 mm. Eventually the scientist hopes to scan over 50 dung beetle horns to determine how much energy goes into producing them, presumably improving that beetle’s chances of passing on his DNA.
GKS edited the data to make sure it was complete and clean, the provided a theoretical border so they could consistently calculate volume from the same reference plane.
The customer was amazed at the minute details captured with the ultra-precise Laser Design laser probe and the ease in calculating the horn volumes with the specialized scanning software. Since the dung beetle horns are so tiny and the shapes are irregular, accurate and consistent manual measurements would have been extremely difficult and time consuming to obtain. GKS was able to provide excellent results for this study quickly and easily.
