Be Your Own Souvenir

from the 3d-printing dept

We've been interested in the potential legal implications of 3D printing for a while, but that shouldn't blind us to the fact that some of the natural uses of 3D printing can be pretty cool as well. There's something really remarkable about this new project, from blablabLAB, posted on Notcot, about the idea of being your own souvenir. Rather than just getting a little plastic trinket from a souvenir stand, you can pose yourself however you want, get a 3D scan, and then a 3D printing of yourself. There's a photo below and then a pretty cool video of the process in action.
Image courtesy of Notcot

Filed Under: 3d printing, souvenir

Books Are The Souvenir Edition For Your Idea

from the good-quotes dept

We've talked at length about the difference between infinite goods and scarce goods in various areas, and how you should spread the infinite ideas to make the scarce goods more valuable, but here's a great quote that puts that in perspective when it comes to books. Mathew Ingram points us to an interview with entrepreneur and author Seth Godin, where he notes:

"Books are souvenirs that hold ideas. Ideas are free. If no one knows about your idea, you fail. If your idea doesn't spread, you fail. If your idea spreads but no one wants to own the souvenir edition, you fail."

That's a beautifully succinct way of explaining the entire concept, though I think that the last bit (about getting people to own the souvenir edition) may be changing as well -- and other business models will start to show up.

Filed Under: books, business models, economics, infinite goods, scarce goods, seth godin, souvenir