3-D Printer Used to Make Bone-Like Material

[megman]

ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2011) — It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone.

And it came off an inkjet printer.

Washington State University researchers have used a 3-D printer to create a bone-like material and structure that can be used in orthopedic procedures, dental work and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis. Paired with actual bone, it acts as a scaffold for new bone to grow on and ultimately dissolves with no apparent ill effects.
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[Dale O Sea]

They squirt anything with these ink-jets now. Not a 3d printer application, but they have greatly improved the process for making solar cells using a similar inkjet tech.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 133022.htm