This is a robust, nicely packaged, commercial product.
A simple google search for '3d scanner' reveals that this the ideea is at least 8 years old, similar scanners were actually homemade some years ago : http://www.simple3d.com/#homemade
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This is a robust, nicely packaged, commercial product.
A simple google search for '3d scanner' reveals that this the ideea is at least 8 years old, similar scanners were actually homemade some years ago : http://www.simple3d.com/#homemade