Data driven, evolutionary, algorithmic & generative knickknacks

*I'd rather prefer generative objects that are big as supertankers and fused out of Mojave sand by giant lasers, but, what the heck, it's pleasant to see the Shapeways crowd pitching right in.

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/390-Dasign-data-driven,-evolutionary,-algorithmic-generative-design.html

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*Makes you wonder what a generated art collector would look like. Presumably it would buy weird generated art-objects with some kind of shopping algorithm, hold on to 'em for twenty years, and then sell them online as rare pricey antiques.