I have been following Make Magazine since issue #1, though I believe the site has been around longer than that. You can get the full plans for the 3D MakerBot

I have been following Make Magazine since issue #1, though I believe the site has been around longer than that. You can get the full plans for the 3D MakerBot here: http://wiki.makerbot.com/open-source-ftw http://wiki.makerbot.com/open-source-ftw As far as I know, near everything I have ever seen in Make Magazine, MakeTV, and Make www, is OSS, or based on it. There are weekend projects that amount to broom handles and fishing line, which are more a matter of just putting together what you see in a video; nonetheless, Make usually offers plans for those as well. MakerScanner, that does look like it is in the works to go OSS, and he is putting the finishing touches on getting it all released. In the meantime, I believe you could use http://www.david-laserscanner.com/ http://www.david-laserscanner.com/ which may be even more mature, if not the base for which MakerScanner was made upon. I did look and try to find and email address for Andy Barry, or his blog or twitter account, and came up short. Sorry about that. Though making the MakerBot prototyping machine should keep you busy for a few weekend. Maybe once you make one, you could have it make several more for you :)