Re: [rp-ml] Cosmic Blob software and Model building

From: Rod McCormick <rmccormick_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Aug 08 2006 - 21:36:08 EEST

Here's the Wall Street journal link:

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB115456424892525201-
lMyQjAxMDE2NTA0NTUwNjU0Wj.html

Rod

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On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Marshall Burns wrote:
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> Jay, can you give us the reference to that article, please?
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> Best regards,
> Marshall Burns
> www.fabbers.com
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> 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
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> I believe it is in the works but may not be working as yet.  Please  
> see the statement from the article below.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Regards;
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> Jay Waldon
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> 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
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> 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."
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> Does anyone on the list have information about the reference web site?
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> REL
Received on Tue Aug 08 20:39:44 2006

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