Oh yeah, I forget about sintered metal printers. Which is funny because that’s one of the first ones I saw.
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joel_feila@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoMetals, catbon fiber but I heard thise nozzles wear out fast. One printer i saw used lasers to weld metal powder into shapes layer by layer.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Some mad scientist in Scotland claims to have gotten his printing stem cells. He’s trying to figure out how to print replacement organs that have no chance of rejection
Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Link? That sounds dope as fuck
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Since I saw the original article somewhere around 2010-2016, and am unable to find the original article, here are a few articles that seem to indicate that he might not have been as “mad” as I first indicated.
glasgowcityofscienceandinnovation.com/strathclyde…
biospectrumasia.com/…/scottish-develop-pioneering…
bbc.com/…/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-2132810…
That last article is certainly promising, since if it is possible to print stem cells, then it follows that organ replication, with the right environment providing the correct hormones, should make this technology a viable replacement option for the rich, or the masses once the old prophecies about humanity surviving its stupidity have come to pass in the next couple decades.
LapGoat@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
biocompatible bone too