Print Your Own Custom Silver Cufflinks. Scan Your Own Monkey.

Yes, it was strange to type that title, but thanks to Shapeways, which allows you to create your own jewelry, ringpoems, and other fun stuff using a 3D printer, you can in fact create your own custom cufflinks (with your initials on them), in silver. Or a ringpoem, a ring of silver made of the words of your favorite poem. The links are only $99, the ringpoem (makes a handy napkin ring) $129.

Want to start your own 3D scanning studio, and get any shape you want printed in 3D (including a monkey statue, as used in the demo)? Then you'll want to check out the DAVID 3D Starter Kit, reviewed on the Shapeways blog. For less than $300, you can start scanning stuff at home and turning it into 3D digital models. Monkey not included.