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> From: Craig S. Whitaker <bassixx@ultranet.com>
> To: Innomation Systems & Technologies Pte. Ltd., <istpl@singnet.com.sg>
> Subject: Re: just a thought : the new looks for Reverse Engineering...
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 11:46 AM
>
> Hello Mr. Sim
> I read your post on reverse engineering with much interest. I have taken
the
> future of this further: Electro-magnetic scanning / imaging of an object
> through it's entire mass will eventually be used to generate models
through
> computer controlled "3D" printers with resolutions that may be accurate
to
> the molecular level. I know this is a little advanced for making
automobile
> fenders, however, I see many medical, and bio-engineering applications
where
> this will be valuable.
>
> I work in the footwear industry, where the tactile impression of the
> prototype is very important. I would like to see the "model" made with
the
> softness, or hardness of a required area "just as reality" would have it.
>
> As with you, these are just my idle musings.
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig S. Whitaker
> bassix@ultranet.com
> cwhitaker@converse.com
> http://www.ultranet.com/~bassixx
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