I've been following 3D scene reconstruction for years now, and I tend to stray away from methods involving lasers (because I believe video/stereoptic images can be algorithmically analyzed to produce the same results, through software alone), but this post is doubly intriguing.

The quality of the depth field is outstanding, but it's shadowed by the versatility of the author in a plurality of disciplines! Comp. Sci., photography, engineering, rapid fabrication. The author is who I want to be!

Michal is way cool. If you are interested in his manufacturing process take a look at: http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/guerrilla_cnc1.html

IIRC Google street view car is using some kind of laser to map 3D models of buildings while driving by.