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A 3D printing company has been showcasing a new technology at the Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) 2016, the ongoing consumer technology expo in Las Vegas, by letting people take their 3D-printed "selfies", a media report said. The selfie by Shapify is a 15cm-tall 3D-printed figurine - also called shapie - of the person scanned by the company's array of cameras. The scanning process takes 12 seconds, while a print-quality model is rendered by the company's software in 15 minutes, motherboard.vice.com reported on Thursday. Figurine prices start at $169 (roughly Rs. 11,275) for an S-size figurine (15cm). An M-size figurine (19cm) costs $219 (roughly Rs. 14,600), and an L (23cm) is worth $299 (roughly Rs. 19,945), according to the company. Portraits which are in 3D can also be shared on  Facebook . Every person scanned in the Shapify booth can receive a free preview of their shapie by email so they can embed it in a Facebook post. Ready for print shapies can be dow...