If you've ever done the time-consuming grunt work of measuring a space to create plans from, or have had to CAD the plans up from someone else's wonky measurements, you know the process is riddled with the potential for expensive errors. Now that laser scanners are on the market, the process is faster and easier—and now, thanks to Leica, sexier. This is their BLK360, a diminutive R2-D2-shaped device that swiftly captures 360-degree environments to a range of 60 meters:

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To make using it easy, Leica's teamed up with Autodesk to integrate the latter's ReCap Pro software. You can beam scans directly to your iPad, and the software automatically combines multiple scans (i.e. from different locations within the same space) together. Here's how it works:

Stats:
- 6.5" tall, 4" in diameter (165mm x 100mm)
- Weighs 2.2 pounds (1kg)
- +/- 4mm accuracy at 10 meters
- Overall 0.6 - 60-meter range
- Three resolutions: High, Standard, Fast
- Less than 3 minutes for full-dome scan (in Standard resolution)
- 150 MP spherical image generation
- 360,000 laser scan pts/sec
- $15,990/€15,000

Here's some of the guys from Leica demonstrating the BLK360 to the target market:

You can learn more about the device here.