Hip Science: Better Bone Implants

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 30, 2002 @09:55AM from the jedi-trainer-makes-bones dept.

ke4roh writes "Space, medicine, and invention often cross paths. In this case, the invention is a new artificial hip. Scientists are researching ways to manufacture strong and porous ceramics with the benefit of microgravity - subtracting the effects of convection and settling from their experiment. In the end, they hope to offer a permanent artificial hip - much more user-friendly than today's models that come unglued and require replacement after only 5-10 years of use. It's just one more way space research helps to make life better on Earth."

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Would this make it... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-30 09:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

a first post? I can't tell.
Ingrates by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-30 10:39 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Remember who would be stuck with no hip if Laika didn't save your asses