Shapeways contest for 3D artists: Turns 3D Into Reality

Here's an awesome contest for all the 3D artists out there. Ever wanted ur very own 3D object based on your design?

Here's more of the info:

Shapeways, a leading global community for 3D co-creation production is inviting all 3D artists to submit their hottest object designs and have it be produced into physical tangible products by Shapeways.com and showcased at SIGGRAPH 2008. The submissions will be accepted from July 29th 2008 to August 7th 2008. The top 10 finalist will be announced on August 11th. The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on August 15th, 2008. The grandprize will be a $500.00 Shapeways Product Certificate

To submit just sign up for the site on http://www.shapeways.com/beta [/url]Register as a BETA user and use the BETA code: ContestSiggraph From there follow these 3 steps:

1. upload your object design (STL, Collada, X3D)
2. Upload a rendering representing the finalized object
3. Enter the tag "SIGGRAPHContest."

Additional info can be found here:
http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2008/07/29/shapeways-3d-design-challenge-bring-your-3d-into-reality/