Here's the Wall Street journal link:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB115456424892525201-
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Rod
-- Rod McCormick Chair of Crafts Department Professor of Jewelry & Metalsmithing University of the Arts 320 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 215.717-6107 rmccormick@uarts.edu On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Marshall Burns wrote: > > > Jay, can you give us the reference to that article, please? > > Best regards, > Marshall Burns > www.fabbers.com > > > > > > From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On > Behalf Of Jay Waldon > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 09:34 > To: ChathamRes@aol.com; rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi > Subject: RE: [rp-ml] Cosmic Blob software and Model building > > I believe it is in the works but may not be working as yet. Please > see the statement from the article below. > > > > > Now the technology is reaching ordinary consumers -- even young ones. > Later this summer, SolidWorks, a U.S. unit of Dassault Systemes SA, a > French maker of design software, plans to start up a new business > called Cosmic Modelz that will allow kids to use the technology to > create their own customized action-figures. > > Children can design a figure using SolidWorks' Cosmic Blob software on > their home PCs, then go to a Web site run by 3D printer-maker Z Corp. > and order their figures to be "printed" for $25 to $50. It will be > kind of an electronic version of the Build-a-Bear Workshop concept > where children create customized teddy-bears. > > Regards; > > Jay Waldon > > > > > From: owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi [mailto:owner-rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi] On > Behalf Of ChathamRes@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:35 AM > To: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi > Subject: [rp-ml] Cosmic Blob software and Model building > > In a recent article on 3D printers, it was stated that "Children can > design a figure using Solidwork's Cosmic Blob software--, then go to a > web site run by 3D printer-maker Z corp and order their figures to be > printed for $25 to $50." > > Does anyone on the list have information about the reference web site? > > > RELReceived on Tue Aug 08 20:39:44 2006
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