14 DAY TRIAL // One of the most impressive things about 3D printing is how quickly the concept became more than a concept, then evolved as a technology and, later, as a whole market segment.
In fact, 3D printing has come so far that it's not possible to totally duplicate art pieces, like paintings by Van Gogh.
FujiFilm has revealed a 3D scanning and printing process that reproduces the artist's most famous creations.
The process is called Reliefography and took seven years to develop. It goes to show that 3D printing has been in the works for far longer than anyone suspected.
Three copies can be produced a day. That's not a really high number, but still, even the torn labels and hand-written notes on the back of a canvas are recreated, so there isn't an easy way to tell the difference between the copy and the original.
So far, 260 copies of five different Van Gogh paintings have been made. We can only hope art thieves don't use the opportunity to make off with the original masterpieces and leave a fake in place, with none the wiser.