Oct 13, 2016 | By Benedict
A collaborative project between five 3D printing and 3D scanning companies has produced what could be the world’s tallest 3D printed person: a three-meter-tall statue of Polish soccer star Robert Lewandowski. FabLab Kielce, one of the companies involved, will apply for the official Guinness record.
Defenders in the Bundesliga, Germany’s premier soccer division, must have regular nightmares about Robert Lewandowski. The 28-year-old Polish striker is one of the most clinical finishers in the game, and last season scored a phenomenal 30 league goals for FC Bayern Munich, including a near-impossible five goals in nine minutes in a match against Wolfsburg. In truth, the only thing that could make Lewandowski more terrifying—especially given his fearsome heading ability—would be making him ten feet tall.
Unfortunately for traumatized German defenders, a team of five Polish 3D printing and scanning companies has made Robert Lewandowski ten feet tall, turning the world-class soccer ace into a three-meter-tall 3D printed statue in a bid to score a Guinness world record. The immense 3D printed statue, over a meter taller than the existing 3D prin...
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