Ghosty
Mon Aug 13th, 2012, 10:20 AM
Using MRI scans, imported into a 3D printer, COOL! I'd do it, lol. $1280 though, ouch. That better include the cost of all the MRI's...
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/08/10/3d-printer-creates-fetus-model-ultrasound?hpt=hp_c3
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/dr/hln/www/release/sites/default/files/imagecache/textarticle_640/2012/08/10/modelfetus3d.jpg
Baby books and burp cloths may come and go, but a 3D printed model of your unborn child is forever.
Yes, the quest for the perfect new baby keepsake is officially over -- as long as you feel a 3D ultrasound still isn't quite real enough and you're cool with an exact copy of your fetus staring back at you from inside a clear replica of your uterus.
This, um, niche gift comes courtesy of a Japanese tech company called Fasotec (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.fasotec.co.jp/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFasotec%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DxUG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns&sa=X&ei=gFwlUL39FoiS9QSajoGYCg&ved=0CGwQ7gEwAA). Working with a Tokyo clinic, they take MRI ultrasound results and run them through a 3D printer (see how it works in video below). The data is then used to produce a white resin replica of the fetus and a clear resin replica of the mother's womb.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/08/10/3d-printer-creates-fetus-model-ultrasound?hpt=hp_c3
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/dr/hln/www/release/sites/default/files/imagecache/textarticle_640/2012/08/10/modelfetus3d.jpg
Baby books and burp cloths may come and go, but a 3D printed model of your unborn child is forever.
Yes, the quest for the perfect new baby keepsake is officially over -- as long as you feel a 3D ultrasound still isn't quite real enough and you're cool with an exact copy of your fetus staring back at you from inside a clear replica of your uterus.
This, um, niche gift comes courtesy of a Japanese tech company called Fasotec (http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.fasotec.co.jp/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFasotec%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DxUG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns&sa=X&ei=gFwlUL39FoiS9QSajoGYCg&ved=0CGwQ7gEwAA). Working with a Tokyo clinic, they take MRI ultrasound results and run them through a 3D printer (see how it works in video below). The data is then used to produce a white resin replica of the fetus and a clear resin replica of the mother's womb.