U.K.'s Asda Gets Into 3-D Printing Spirit (DDD) (SSYS) (XONE)
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3-D printers are on watch as supermarkets and shopping centers begin larger adoptions of what might be the best holiday gift idea ever: creating a 3-D miniature replica of yourself.
U.K. chain Asda announced on its official blog that the services will start Tuesday, October 15th, and start from £40. The announcement from the website is reprinted below, with bonus video.
It wasn't made clear which company is being tapped to supply the goods as scanned images will be sent away to be printed in ceramic. Suffice to say, it's more likely to be an industrial-scale 3-D printer versus one for home-use only. Shares of 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), and ExOne (Nasdaq: XONE) are all on watch today.
Below is the transcript:
We’re trialling an exciting new service – offering you the chance to create a detailed 3D printed miniature version of you and your family while you’re doing your weekly shop!
In a UK supermarket first, we’re trialling the pioneering technology at our York store from Tuesday (October 15) and prices start at just £40.
Read what the Daily Mail had to say about our exciting new service here.
Just step into the scanner and we create a detailed digital model which is then sent away to be printed in ceramic.
Anything can be scanned – including people, pets and even cars – and the models can be produced in full-colour, white or a bronze-style coating.
The technology produces highly realistic ‘mini me’ figurines at whatever scale you like!
To build the digital model, the whole surface area of the subject is scanned with special cameras in two minutes.
The shape is then recreated in 3D by spraying ceramic fluid in thin layers to build a solid object.
U.K. chain Asda announced on its official blog that the services will start Tuesday, October 15th, and start from £40. The announcement from the website is reprinted below, with bonus video.
It wasn't made clear which company is being tapped to supply the goods as scanned images will be sent away to be printed in ceramic. Suffice to say, it's more likely to be an industrial-scale 3-D printer versus one for home-use only. Shares of 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD), Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), and ExOne (Nasdaq: XONE) are all on watch today.
Below is the transcript:
We’re trialling an exciting new service – offering you the chance to create a detailed 3D printed miniature version of you and your family while you’re doing your weekly shop!
In a UK supermarket first, we’re trialling the pioneering technology at our York store from Tuesday (October 15) and prices start at just £40.
Read what the Daily Mail had to say about our exciting new service here.
Just step into the scanner and we create a detailed digital model which is then sent away to be printed in ceramic.
Anything can be scanned – including people, pets and even cars – and the models can be produced in full-colour, white or a bronze-style coating.
The technology produces highly realistic ‘mini me’ figurines at whatever scale you like!
To build the digital model, the whole surface area of the subject is scanned with special cameras in two minutes.
The shape is then recreated in 3D by spraying ceramic fluid in thin layers to build a solid object.
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