I'd already thought that 3D printing is one of the neatest new technologies to have come along in recent years.
But look at what Jorge Lopes, a design student and doctoral candidate of the Royal College of Art, has done with it...
Marrying ultrasound imaging and MRI data to the rapid prototyping process, Lopes has engineered a way to create a life-sized exact model of a human fetus while it's within its mother's womb!
Whoa.
Lopes foresees the technology being used in the near future to give expectant parents a model of their forthcoming new arrival, as well as becoming useful in treating birth defects.
Absolutely, unbelievably mind-boggling stuff. Jorge Lopes is a genius!
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