Jake Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Ink-jet printing has come a long way; we used to use it for what was called "hard copy." Soon, you will be able to use a modified ink-jet printer to make yourself some breakfast. Tissue engineers like Vladimir Mironov of the Medical University of South Carolina, and Thomas Boland of Clemson University, have been printing biomaterials with modified ink-jet printers. The cartridges are washed out and refilled with suspensions of living cells; the software that controls the characteristics of the ink is reprogrammed and you're good to go. Boland and Mironov use layers of "thermo-reversable" gel to build up three-dimensional structures like tubes—capillaries, to use the medical term. When the tiny droplets, or clumps, of cells came together closely, they fused; the gel can be easily removed, leaving a tube of tissue. http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060204/sc_space/dontbringhomethebaconprintit;_ylt=AqVihe.QiTscpQ594YVNJy0br7sF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Oh, that makes me feel sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Wow! Imagine being able to create arteries etc on a printer.... you could replace all of your boring flesh coloured insides with hosetec style kits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I remember hearing something like that on "Tomorrows World" but it wasn't living cells though. Think its was plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Wow! Imagine being able to create arteries etc on a printer.... you could replace all of your boring flesh coloured insides with hosetec style kits LOL, Bling up ya Body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 sounds gross... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Surely not as gross as eating real dead animals? More ethical, surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Surely not as gross as eating real dead animals? More ethical, surely. True but i don't so i'm ok on that front... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Ah, a fellow veggie, fair enough then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Ah, a fellow veggie, fair enough then. they could use veggie bacon actually it does taste a lot like cardboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Surely not as gross as eating real dead animals? More ethical, surely. Who cares about the ethics when it tastes so goood?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Personally I ensure that the dead animal I'm about to eat has been skinned, gutted cleaned, prepared by a butcher and then cooked to perfection. This way I don't find it gross at all The idea of eating meat produced by an HP laserjet doesn't bother me to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 The best my Dell printer can do is jam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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