Miss Digital World 2005

dnix writes "With the slogan: "Don't hate me because I'm digital" this year we have a nice new Top Digital Model, called Mi, from Shinichi Yoshimoto. She is a nice cybernetic geisha who was chosen from 15 finalists from Italy, Germany, Spain, Pakistan, Iran, Usa, Chile, India, Australia, Brasil and Mexico."

Comments

Re:Brasil

[CodeShark]

Anglo-centric rubbish. It is only Brazil in English, and that might only be the American version. Ever here a native of the country or a Latin language (Spanish, Portugese, Italian, etc.) speaker pronounce the name?

Brasil is absolutely correct.

Re:Geography.

[antifoidulus]

Wow, amazing....you seem to enjoy bashing American's ignorance while exposing your own:read the first sentence here, it tells you the official name of Bra(s/z)il in Portugese is...........drumroll please.....
República Federativa do Brasil!
And guess what, I'm an American! I've also had tech jobs on 3 continents before my 25th birthday! Go back and learn something about the world, then we can talk

Re:I'm missing something

[tpgp]

In fact, she exists only from the neck up

Pics of many of the finalists (including neck down) here

Coral mirrors of the 15 girls

[Inda]

http://www.missdigitalworld.com.nyud.net:8090/MDWC ontest/showpage/177

http://www.missdigitalworld.com.nyud.net:8090/MDWC ontest/showpage/179

http://www.missdigitalworld.com.nyud.net:8090/MDWC ontest/showpage/181

You're on your own with the videos

Re:Makes one wonder...

[cr0sh]

I know you were posting "in jest", but if you really wanted to "homebrew" a latex version of one of these models (or almost any 3D model), everything does exist to do so in the comfort of one's garage or apartment (Note: If you are going to do this in an apartment, be prepared to have no space to do anything else except shower and sleep. Of course, since you are building a latex female doll, you probably have no life otherwise, so no BFD, right?).

One would first need a homebrew CNC milling machine, with an X/Y bed of sized around 1 meter per side, and a Z travel for the milling head of around a foot. The milling head can be a simple dremel tool with either a tool extension or a way to tilt the tool or rotate the material to be worked on. It is assummed the doll will be built in sections (the why will be apparent). Enough information on building such a machine is easily available on the internet, parts can be sourced from surplus, structural material can be either "free", surplus, or new, and controlling software is freely available, and in some limited cases, easy to develop (I am sure someone has made simple CNC milling software using QBASIC controlling the parallel port, which is hooked to the servos).

Once you have the CNC milling machine built (not an easy task alone, but sure to be rewarding!), you then need to choose the material to mill. The easiest and cheapest would be plaster of paris. Build half-thickness molds of plaster of paris, then reverse-impression mill them with the model. Alignment accuracy is important, as these molds will form the parts you are building, and the edges of the molds (after milling) must line up accurately. After milling, you will likely notice tool marks left behind, you will need to carefully (using dental picks, files, sandpaper, etc) smooth all of this out.

Once you have all of these molds created, you can now start casting with latex (or, if you have the money, silicone rubber). Plenty of information on the internet about how to do this - just realize that latex in the large amounts needed won't be cheap. Also, realize that at this point, if you do things correctly, you can insert metal/plastic armatures (up to and including robotics!) into the molds prior to filling them with latex. These things would themselves have to be carefully engineered, but that is what your CNC machine is for, right? Come to think of it - you could eMachineShop the molds and the armature parts (at significant cost)...

At this point, it is just pouring, assembly (got to learn how to apply hair, latex paint, where to get fake eyeballs, etc - but all of this too is available on the internet), etc. After all, you got time, right? You are somebody with not much of a life building his (or her) own RealDoll, right? Actually - you want to know what might make you some money? Troll the internet looking for all the information, from the ground up, to custom build such a doll. From building the CNC machine to how to make the casts, to pouring latex, etc - include sources, sample 3D model files, etc. Dump it all on a few CD-Rs or a DVD-R - then sell it in the adult section of Ebay.

Remember - this will be the best prom evar...