Why take selfies when you can print out a 3D miniature copy of yourself?

[MrScorpio]

3D printing color figures of yourself is threatening to become a trend—in Japan last year designers PARTY opened a temporary 3D printing photo booth In a Tokyo gallery where people could turn up, get scanned, and walk away with a mini-figurine of themselves. And now, following on from that, comes Twinkind who are offering a similar service, but these guys are based in Germany.

Much like the photo booth in Japan Twinkind is a temporary pop up studio, so will only be open for a limited time in Hamburg. The scanning happens very fast, "in the blink of an eye" according to their website, and uses a multi-camera setup to get maximum detail—and you can even take your pet along to get scanned and printed too.

But it doesn't come cheap, starting at around $300 for a 15cm figurine and going up to $1700 for a 35cm one, which is actually an unnervingly large size for a figurine of yourself. Give it a few years and they'll be one of these studios on every street corner (I hope).

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/create-a-3d-printed-action-figure-of-yourself

[OriginalGeek]

1. Naked miniatures in 3...2...

I bet I'm already too late.

[In_The_Wind]

2. Naked

[OriginalGeek]

4. Ordinarily I wouldn't want to be in the same post with the words

"naked" and "miniature"







but I'm hoping there is an editing app opportunity between the scan and the print.

[In_The_Wind]

5. It's beyond my scope of expertise but I understand your thinking here.

[madinmaryland]

6. Are you concerned about this...

[OriginalGeek]

7. it was cold!

but the "transform tool" button should fix that.

[Jeff R]

3. Latest craze

Just like the black face watches, push the button to get a red readout.
When they first came out they were at least $400.00. The following year you could pick them up any where for $19.95.
Cool technology, out of my price range at this time but it is awesome to look at.

[LiberalEsto]

8. Mini-We! nt

[reformist2]

9. This is creepy. I don't like it.

[baldguy]

10. .

[nolabear]

11. I believe we have found the Uncanny Valley.

Google it. It's such a cool human perception.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I think it's been said that any new technology will inevitably be used

for porn.

We will soon see naughty little figurines.

[MrScorpio]

13. I bet that Jeff Koons is chomping at the bit...

[csziggy]

14. Mini Kama Sutra! Historical literature, not porn.