Japan: 3D model of your baby/fetus

[Ghosty]

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...ound?hpt=hp_c3

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. 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.

[asp_125]

Hmmph, the next "must have" item at Hollywood baby showers.

[Ghosty]

Just the futuristic (and expensive) version of taking clay prints of your baby's feet, heheh. I think it would be cool to see yourself when you're adult, not necessarily for public display. The more I think about it though, at that early stage, physical form isn't very differentiated, so would just be a waste if it looks like almost every other one.

[asp_125]

... The more I think about it though, at that early stage, physical form isn't very differentiated, so would just be a waste if it looks like almost every other one.

I got a picture of me at an early stage....