From:	Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject:	Questions of great importance (Steve, Jon, RA:S people
Date:	Thu, 2 Sep 1999 22:50:52 EDT

In a message dated 9/2/1999 4:08:31 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
renouf@********.com writes:

> > 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.

Yes Marc, thank you very much. I could NOT remember the name of it, but
you've hit the nail on the head. On that note here though, could your wife
perhaps give you some suggestions as to maybe what could NOT be made from
such stuff?

-K