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Open source 3D printers abound at Maker Faire
Two exhibitors at the event last weekend showed off open source 3D printers that can build objects based on your instructions, another one introduced 3D design software. |
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Comments (3)
A 3D printer can now "print" food. Beam me up, Jim!
The technology can also be used to "print" replacement body parts,... Like skin grafts, bone structures, heart valves, joint cartilage, tendons maybe,.. but very possibly, whole replacement organs in the future.
"All" it takes is a fine enough extruder, a bit of the right cells, a second extruder to simultaneously build a disolvable framework the cells can use as a shaping and supporting structure (but eventually be eaten away as the cells grow together), & a way to provide nutrients, and extract waste while the thing is growing together, ... Of course, I am making it sound easier than it is,...
"All" it takes is a fine enough extruder, a bit of the right cells, a second extruder to simultaneously build a disolvable framework the cells can use as a shaping and supporting structure (but eventually be eaten away as the cells grow together), & a way to provide nutrients, and extract waste while the thing is growing together, ... Of course, I am making it sound easier than it is,...
But I have no doubt someone with the necessary M4D 5K1LL5 will come along and say, "I can do that!"
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