Had a look at the Huntsman (formerly Ciba) Araldite Digitalis machine video here? [
www.youtube.com]
Very, very impressive. The closest thing to true CAD-to-product rapid manufacturing yet. Works like the original UV photopolymerisation, but instead of one pinpoint of UV light, it can expose up to 40000 points simultaneously, so can produce at the order of thousands of times faster. And they've got it producing a tray of roses (with individual petals!) simultaneously to show off the speed and detail. Their site says they'll work out how much to charge for it compared to the opposition and start shipping it about now.
