Asda 3D printer builds mini versions of you

Subscribe to ITN News: http://bit.ly/itnytsub If you have ever desperately wanted a mini version of yourself, you are in luck because Asda is selling 3D-printed figurines. The supermarket is holding a trial of the service at their York store in northern England. Having your whole body scanned takes between two-three minutes, with a small handheld machine recording images at a speed of roughly 15 frames a second. After the scan, the image is processed by a computer and then sent to be printed with coloured ceramic fluid, with each eight-inch figure taking around eight hours to produce, although the printer can create several at once. Scanning slots were fully booked on the first trial days, with some customers travelling miles to get one. Asda's parent company Walmart will be watching to see how the trial works out in the UK. But shoppers hoping for an unusual Christmas gift might be disappointed, as Asda will not roll out the service until 2014, if the trial is a success. Report by Mark Morris. Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itn Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/itn Visit our homepage: http://itn.co.uk More stories from ITN: US shutdown explained: A dummies guide to the political crisis: http://bit.ly/19dhhKc Awful CCTV: Mugger repeatedly punches girl in broad daylight: http://bit.ly/1bBqdJR Giant 18-foot oarfish found off California coast: http://bit.ly/GR9fwR Kangaroo makes a surprising visit to an Australia pharmacy: http://bit.ly/172TaAB Shocking footage of packed bridge collapsing in China: http://bit.ly/17qTjs5 False widow spider bites: Should we worried?: http://bit.ly/15EtcQP CCTV of anti-terror arrest on west London street: http://bit.ly/1btOaT8 Superhero window cleaners cheer up children in Brazil hospital: http://bit.ly/19AKAFK World's most expensive horse sold for £5.25 million: http://bit.ly/1calwHR FUNNY: Betty White stars in safety video for Air New Zealand: http://bit.ly/19sHjrY Artist snorts paint and sprays onto cavnas through his eye:http://bit.ly/17wDO0J Wingsuit diver Victor Kovats' final flight before his death: http://bit.ly/1acvyEJ New York cafe pranked by horror film crew: http://bit.ly/17pOf6i Veteran wingsuit jumper dies in horrible accident: http://bit.ly/GNeRc1 CCTV- Masked men set fire to Maldvies TV Station: http://bit.ly/1amb9P1 Out-of-control monster truck kills at least eight: http://bit.ly/19cWUvz Not dead after all? Extinct rhino caught on camera: http://bit.ly/1a9LCaj Store clerk uses machete to fight off armed robber: http://bit.ly/1gnxBfr 'World's most spectacular' fireworks light up Sydney: http://bit.ly/198yc1l Tens of thousands of Chinese tourists overcrowd attractions: http://bit.ly/GD7PXv CUTE AND RARE: White lion cubs go on display in South Korea: http://bit.ly/GD8bx5 Man shares his bungalow with a crocodile: http://bit.ly/15MQJS1 Muhammed Ali makes rare public appearance with family: http://bit.ly/1gakCOc Firefighters battle giant hornets in China after dozens killed: http://bit.ly/1a2mh3t Dramtic Capitol Hill car chase caught on camera: http://bit.ly/15Pzl9O Northern Lights: Aurora Borealis puts on mesmerising show: http://bit.ly/1bt7Qur Check out Truthloader, the new home of citizen journalism on YouTube. Subscribe now at http://bit.ly/tldrsub See 2013's Most Watched Videos: http://bit.ly/14iM9r5 See our Biggest Videos of All Time: http://bit.ly/11GI36D See 2012's Most Watched Videos: http://bit.ly/18R1boW

Comments

1. How they paint the 3d model printed?...look how if the printer print the model whit color
2. They might be able to 3D print whole human in future tech. Like they've done with the organs do far. Time will tell us.
3. how much for it to buy?
4. Madame Tussauds must be proper fucked off about this. I can't wait to have Kylie in my own front room. And all my dead pets of the future, lovingly recreated.
5. Can you have shop in thailand chaingrai
6. Boring, I invented this in my mind years ago.
7. Another thing to waste your money on, like the dumb, brain-dead morons you are......
8. Thumbs down for making me sit through a 30 sec advert against my will
9. From £60 it is now lol was into looked cool but only pay £40 for it
10. Artec Eva™ 3D Scanner
11. Anyone know the brand of this 3D printer? Please let me know.
12. The equipment required to do what is being done in this video is expensive by most peoples standards. This is not a DIY 3d printer system it is a scanning system that sends the files to production standard systems capable of produce many copies. You are correct I am not American but that has no relationship to the engineering or technology that is being referred to.
13. i take it your not american you know 3 d priners arent new in america just in the uk i have already seen wat these machines can do if it was expensive i would not have seen wat i did see becuase it would have been not worth there effort and i am not saying wat i saw as i dont agree with wat they made
14. It will more than likely take about 15 years for the technology to get to that point were people will just put in a cartridge and down load the file. Those systems will also have electronics capabilities as well.
15. You could probably get them a 3D portrait were the figures could be set in a background image. If I were you I would wait until the technology as matured give it a year or so and there will be many different application.
16. Those machines would be very expensive as would the materials they are made out of. In 10 years these 3d printers will be able to do electronics as well and metals.
17. We have been doing this for ages check us out Doppel3d.com
18. cool i want one.
19. A true "mini me".
20. we are hightech of a hightech generation.. :P