Important! 3D scanner notes.
So, if a super sleuth kit was already implemented by integrating lots of discrete open-source software, are Internet resources really that great? Search engines may be lousy, but in theory I could have found that sleuthkit on my own were I to peruse every single search engine result really carefully. Is it possible that a hybrid reflective-diode and laser 3D scanner implementation that I am planning on building is already on the Internet? Well, let’s see. Let’s start with the search query.
20160601/DuckDuckGo open source hybrid 3d scanner cheap laser
What do I find? Well, I refound one that I’ve already encountered before but decided was not good enough: MakerScanner. However, the technical details of the software implementation may prove inspirational.
20160601/http://www.makerscanner.com/
Wait, what? Fabscan? Somehow, that sounds more like what I’m looking for. I don’t know what it is about the name, it just sounds more on target.
20160601/DuckDuckGo fabscan 3d scanner
Wow! Head on. It uses a Raspberry Pi and a laser line generator. However, it also uses a pre-built turntable setup, which is not quite like my idea of 3D scanner. One major disadvantage of this design is that it requires storage space for the armature and rigging. Also, although the rigging can be bulit cheaply with paper mache, most people likely do not have an ample supply of scratch paper that they can go to for their paper mache, nor are they familiar in advanced paper mache construction skills.
20160601/http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/FabScan
But, all of these resources are a start for looking at in order to obtain better standardization in the superficial software aspects of my 3D scanner design. That is, the file format of the output data, and any APIs that need to be used to integrate with other software that accepts the input of 3D scanners.
And, that gets me thinking. What about my whole idea to design my own experimental filesystem? Is that really a good idea? Could I perhaps instead combine a well-known filesystem that has good robustness properties with the sleuthkit to equate to the kind of tools that I want available for my filesystem data? Let’s see.
DuckDuckGo robust file system recoverable event of errors archival backup
Let’s check Wikipedia.
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_systems
Aww, there are still a lot of caveats with some of the robust filesystems. Not quite ideal.
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAMMER
Renote, the alternative for installing GNU/Linux side-by-side with MS-DOS on a FAT filesystem.
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMSDOS
“CDFS,” other interesting expansions to different meanings. NOT High Sierra or ISO 9660.
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDfs
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_File_System
20160601/DuckDuckGo open source automatic filesystem recovery partition table boot sector
20160601/Google open source automatic filesystem recovery partition table boot sector
Sure enough, TestDisk still comes up on the top from this search query. However, if you look hard enough, you will indeed find sleuthkit. Google pushes the result I am looking for closer to the top of the search results, but it is still discoverable via DuckDuckGo.
What’s this? This could be an interesting directory site.
20160601/http://forensicswiki.org/wiki/Tools:Data_Recovery
“Tools that work”? Well, unfortunately, their website does not work. You know, one thing that I am thinking about open-source software, the people behind it tend to be more reliable and they make sure their sites are kept up for at least a couple of years. Er, I mean decades. This is really interesting, because sometimes people tout proprietary software as “more professional,” but in fact many of the small companies that develop proprietary software are far less reliable than the hobbyists who develop open-source software. This has led to many professional software developers regularly relying on the work of hobbyist developed software solutions in order to do their professional jobs. This is in stark contrast to the image and reputation of “the professional media” that tends to deride amateurs as “unprofessional.”
20160601/http://www.toolsthatwork.com/bringback.htm
Is there a Wikipedia article on sleuthkit? Yes, but it appears to be significantly outdated compared to the amount of progress that has been made on sleuthkit. sleuthkit appears to be much more featureful now than the Wikipedia article would seem to suggest.
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleuthkit
20160601/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coroner%27s_Toolkit