Our FARO Inspired Journey: Past Present and Future by David Dustin

Our FARO Inspired Journey, Past, Present and Future

David J. Dustin, President

•How did we get here?

• Eugene Liscio

•Right Place, Right Time, Right Skillset

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125 Yards (114 Meters)

• I was hooked

•We hired Mark Hannah for another case with great results

• It was decided….

• I MUST have one…

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•What where our options?

• Faro Photon

• Leica C10

• Z+F

•Mensi (Trimble)

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• Focus 120

•Price

• Speed

•Quality

• Elmer Bol

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• Filled out an online form

•Received a call in minutes

•New Jersey accent

•Received a Demo from salesman

•Not an easy decision

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•Best decision we ever made

•One of the early units

•No compass, altimeter, GPS or WLAN

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•We stuck with it (read STUBBORN)

•Were an anomaly… initially

•Most early users were surveyors

• Started using it on all our cases

• Stalking of Derik White

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•When we started investigating what Law Enforcement was using

• The response to “Why not use a Faro?”

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You’re not Serious… are you?

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Did you hear what he said? He said use a “Fay-Roh”..

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• Slowly over time we began to see progress

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• Scan Data admitted as Evidence DONE!!

• Faro Scene used at trial DONE!!

• WebShare2Go admitted as evidence DONE!!

• 3ds Max files admitted as evidence DONE!

• Faro X330 demonstrated in court DONE!

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• The most impactful?

•X330 and X130

• In the words of “the” Bobby Jones

•Ho Boy…..

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•We would run across Kool-Aid drinkers for each of the manufacturers

•We have even joked about a certain UK user

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• I experienced an Epiphany

• It occurred to me, I was FARO Kool-Aid drinker

•Never wanting to shy away…….

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• It was a journey many of us made together

•Mad Scientist (Jonathan Coco)

•Andrew Fredericks

•David Zip

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• Eugene Liscio

• Walter Henson

• Tom Langley (TLC)

• Sean Alexander (CAR)

• Bobby Jones

• Ro Sasser

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• 3 Axis Engineering

• Winston Salem, NC PD

• Artesia, NM PD

• Jeff Kidd (CSI)

• Simi Valley, CA PD

• James Lock (CRA)

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• Warner Robbins, GA PD

• Traffic Safety Consultants

• Arlington Heights, IL PD

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