Stephen Colbert’s Head Launched Into Space by 3D Printer Maker [VIDE

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Parlaying a spot on The Colbert Report into YouTube viral fame, MakerBot Industries, a 3D printer maker, has sent a model of Stephen Colbert’s head into space.

In a Mythbusters-like segment, MakerBot marketing manager Keith Ozar and resident artist Jonathan Monaghan rig a flipcam and a GPS-enabled phone to a weather balloon, which propels a likeness of Colbert’s head into the stratosphere.

The video — posted Tuesday morning and viewed more than 25,000 views so far — came after CEO Bre Pettis appeared on The Colbert Report, where he showed off a bust of Colbert’s head in June.

MakerBot has experimented with YouTube in the past: On April Fools’, the company released a video claiming its 3D printers could make vinyl records (they can’t). Pettis’s YouTube Channel, meanwhile, has racked up more than 400,000 views.

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