How ScanLAB Projects creates 3D laser ghosts of Earth's hidden spaces

Matthew Shaw has wandered beneath ancient Rome and watched polar bears playing on Arctic ice floes, all because of his knowledge of one specific technology -- which the rest of us will soon get our hands on.

That technology is laser scanning, or Lidar, which his company ScanLABS uses to create 3D digital images of Arctic ice floes, Science Museum exhibits, and even the coat Lord Nelson was shot in.

By: Nicole Kobie,