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Zebra Imaging is working with the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP to design one of the golf holes that will be featured in the National Building Museum's interactive mini-golf exhibit. The exhibit, which opens May 27 and runs through September 2, will feature two 9-hole course options, with museum visitors invited to play golf while observing the unique designs created by architects and other designers.

Zebra Imaging will be attending this year's Offshore Technology Conference taking place May 6 to May 9 at the Reliant Center in Houston. The event, which is expected to draw more than 80,000 attendees from hundreds of different countries, will also feature 2,700 companies that will be showcasing products, innovations and technologies that are relevant to the offshore resource extraction market.

Recent advances in 3D technologies affecting the manufacturing industry could lead to some big shifts in the industry's culture, distribution, production and technology. From the imagining of a product to its creation, 3D technologies can play a major role in the future of manufacturing.

Archeologists are continually finding new ways to collect information about old historic sites. In Mexico, researchers used a small drone to explore a tunnel beneath the 2,000-year-old ruins of Teotihuacan, an ancient city located 30 miles northeast of modern-day Mexico City, reported Discovery. The robot was equipped with cameras and a laser scanner to collect images and 3D data that would allow researchers to see what was hidden beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, also known as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl.

A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has developed a cost effective way for medical researchers and doctors to use data from X-rays to create 3D-printed models. This can help students and healthcare professionals understand complex organ and bone structures and diagnose diseases, reported Medical Daily. 

Advertisers are always trying to push for new and innovative ways to reach audiences. Recently, sportswear company Nike launched an advertising campaign featuring 3D holographic ads on street signs in Amsterdam, reported The Future of Things. The ads showcase the company's new super-flexible athletic sneaker, called the Nike Free 5.0. According to PSFK, this is the first use of this kind of 3D holographic display in advertising on a large scale.

Frank Gehry is the contemporary architect known for designing buildings like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles; campus buildings at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a series of other projects that have become tourist attractions around the world. He was even recently commissioned to build the new Facebook headquarters. 

Although 3D modeling programs that use lasers are not necessarily new, a recent innovation from researchers in Scotland makes the technology more accurate for over long distances.

The organization CyArk (short for Cyber Ark) focuses on digitally preserving historic landmarks around the world. The company uses 3D laser imaging to create digital replicas of world heritage landmarks so the raw data about the sites exists. They've completed dozens of projects to date, including Mount Rushmore, George Washington's family estate Tudor Place, Pompeii, Babylon and other landmarks around the world.

Government agencies, city planners and others are having to make increasingly complex decisions about city infrastructure, development and planning. These decision makers are leveraging new technologies that allow them to collect more data than ever before, from crime statistics to traffic patterns. But how does the city convert that information into actionable and usable data? Some urban planners are building 3D city models embedded with information about transportation, utilities, roads and other data. When information is packed into one 3D model, cities can more intelligently use resources, plan for future population changes and predict impending infrastructure needs.