From:	Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject:	Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people especially)
Date:	Thu, 2 Sep 1999 17:05:12 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 Ereskanti@***.com wrote:

> Anyway, there was something *really* cool in it that I have to admit I was
> shocked to see. It had a setup that could build models out of
> epoxy-polymer/resin using a laser. The laser would trace the outline in the
> resin, and whereever the resin traced would solidy. The layer was lowered
> down, and the laser system continued on its' merry work.

It's called stereo-lithography. It's a pretty keen. My wife
worked with one in one of the labs she worked at here at the University of
Michigan. It was used for rapid prototyping of parts for the auto
industry.

Marc