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                                                                    Exhibit 24.1


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Yehoram Uziel attorney-in-fact, for him, with the
power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for 1,500,000 shares issuable under the Soligen
Technologies, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and any amendments to
such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do or perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


                                             /s/ Dr. Mark W. Dowley
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                                             Dr. Mark W. Dowley