NAME: Color Rapid Prototyping (2003-2005) BEGININTRO: We describe work toward creating physical three-dimensional color models as visualization tools to support scientific research. We provided scientists with Virtual Reality applications to visualize different aspects of their data, but having physical representations of those virtual models allows them to quickly review the data with a very robust, natural, and fast haptic interface: their own hands. ENDINTRO: PIC1: rapid1.jpg PIC2: rapid2.jpg PEOPLE: $daf PEOPLE: $sz PEOPLE: $dhl PEOPLE: $asf PEOPLE: $prabhat THEME: tech THEME: vr PEOPLE: $cbull PUB: Acevedo-2004-CRP