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Subject:	3D scanning of Lego
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad, lugnet.mediawatch
Followup-To:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:08:18 GMT
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Slashdot readers have probably already seen this, but for the rest of you, there is an article in the New York Times about using a 3d scanner and rapid prototype machine to reproduce LEGO: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/05scan.html

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		Re: 3D scanning of Lego
(...) back, so I've seen firsthand the output from their older-generation machines. He showed me a nut and bolt that were fabricated already assembled. He said the company had demos where they could "print" a 3-D model of a ship inside a bottle, or (...) (18 years ago, 6-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad)

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