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Stainless casts

Fri, 2009-09-04 08:30 -- John Hawks

Clearly I need hominid casts made of stainless steel:

Shapeways, a company that made its name offering custom 3-D printing in plastic and resin, will now print your designs in stainless steel. All you have to do is upload your brilliant CAD design (or pick from a range of stock items). Shapeways will print it out in cold, shiny steel, and mail it to you.

It ain't cheap -- $10 per cubic centimeter. But I suppose they're dishwasher safe.

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