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#U k. Supermarket Lets You 3-D Scan And Print Yourself In store Add this one to your grocery list. A supermarket chain in the U k. is offering a new service that lets customers scan objects and then get figurines of them 3-D-printed in ceramic. The 3-D service debuts tomorrow in the chain Asda's York store.##Here's how it will work. An employee wielding what looks a bit like an iron#will scan the objects customers want. Pets cars and family members are all scannable Asda wrote in a blog post. Asda sends digital files of the scans to a facility where they're printed then shipped back to the Asda store. Customers can pick up their mini-mes a week after getting scanned The Guardian reports.##The prints come in color white or bronze-style according to Asda. They start at#40 ($64) for an 8-inch-tall figurine. This isn't the first we've heard of an in store scan-yourself service. The Makerbot store in New york city installed a 3-D photo booth last year that let customers scan and 3-D replicate their busts in plastic. We are prepared not to call a trend however until we start seeing 3-D photo booths at wedding and bar mitzvah receptions. The Guardian

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