{"id":350,"date":"2010-01-06T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/350-3d-printing-a-weather-man-an-alien-and-the-future.html"},"modified":"2022-09-28T13:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:23:07","slug":"3d-printing-a-weather-man-an-alien-and-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/3d-printing-a-weather-man-an-alien-and-the-future","title":{"rendered":"3D printing, a weather man, an Alien and the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- s9ymdb:881 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"488\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/AlRokeroftodayreadytotalkaboutShapeways2.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<p>So one of the biggest things ever to happen to Shapeways involves a weather man. He is called Al Roker and on this little old TV show called the Today show. 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