Parents-to-be in Japan can buy 3D printed model of fetusAFP
November 28, 2012
Fasotec employee Tomohiro Kinoshita displays a two-colour acrylic resin version of a 9-month old fetus produced by a 3D printer following an MRI scan at the company's headquarters in Chiba. Source: AFP
EXPECTANT parents in Japan who can't wait to show the world what their baby will look like can now buy a 3D model of the fetus to share with their friends.
Based on an MRI scan, a 3D printer can create a 9-centimetre resin model of the white fetus, encased in a transparent block in the shape of the mother's body.
"As it is only once in a lifetime that you are pregnant with that child, we received requests for these kind of models from pregnant women who... do not want to forget the feelings and experience of that time," said Tomohiro Kinoshita of FASOTEC, the company offering the service.
The 3D model is called Shape of an Angel and costs 100,000 yen ($A1171).
It also comes with a miniature version that could be a nice adornment to a mobile phone, he added. Many young women in Japan add decorations to their phone strap.
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