Two Nikon D700s bolted together and a lot of fancy software (and clever people - not me). I've done a bit of laser scanning, including with a 500k Arius colour jobby, but honestly, I think photogrammetry is the future - especially if you're after a nice attractive output rather than engineering-style accuracy.
You can try photogrammetry for free at sites like www.123dapp.com/catch
[edit]Btw, we also scanned the bowl with a Nikon portable laser scanner - to get geometry but no texture, but ended up not using any of the scan data (there was an issue with the scanner, but ultimately there was just no point, the photogrammetry got the geometry pretty well)[/edit]
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