Asda in UK Will offer 3D Printing "Mini-me" Figures

One of the largest department stores in the UK, Asda, a Walmart company will begin shortly offering 3D printing services in their stores in the UK. They will allow people to print out miniature statues of themselves, in a variety of sizes, with a starting price of £40. The technology addition to Asda follows Tesco's recent announcement of offering 3D Printing in stores as well. Seems like the 29% of people who know about 3D Printing in the UK is about double or even triple in short time.

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http://3dprintingindustry.com/2013/1...ting-services/

The ASDA supermarket chain in the UK has introduced the possibility for every person to have their very own mini-me...of themselves. They tried it out in 10 UK locations last year, and those stores now have the scanning booths permanently in-store. An on-site scanner creates thousands of images while you pose for 12 seconds and then uses those images to create a 3D portrait. That portrait is sent off site to print and in no time at all you've got an 8" high, full-color statue of yourself ready for use as a cake topper, a toy, or a memento. Check out more about the grocery store's new permanent fixtures in the full story: http://3dprint.com/69089/10-asda-stores-3d-scanners/


Below is a look at some of the figures created through ASDA's 3D scanning booth:
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