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Produce Organs...From Printer
Gavinsblog writes "New Scientist reports that researchers
have modified desktop printers and filled them with suspensions of cells
instead of ink. Apparently the work is a first step towards printing complex
tissues or even entire organs. Amazing technology. " Well, I guess this could give a whole new meaning to "watermarking".
So how long till I can print out a nice fillet steak?..........
G4 Hackintosh
i'd print myself a girl.
Scientists today reported methods on how to store small quantities of ink in feathers (that they have named "quills") in order for writing. They claim this is the first step to mass producing multi-colour documents and distributing them over the internet.
i.e. a nice first step, but -- to be frank -- an unfeasible distance from their lofty goals.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
"refill toner cartridges! Print yourself a new 12 inch organ, guaranteed!"
and ye, a new paradoxical quandry is born:
which came first, the printer repairman or the printer?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
So, I should have my Natalie Portman pictures on stand by then??
You thought that printer cartridges were expensive beforehand! Imagine what they'll be like with black, 3 colours and a "cell" cartridge.
Mexican Scientists Perfect Copying
> Apparently the work is a first step towards printing complex tissues or even entire organs.
Imagine clearing out the jams in your flesh jet...
Combine this with that electronic device printing and we could whip up an army of Epson cyborgs in no time!
Ahggg! Paper Jam! Literally!
Sorry, Mrs. Smith, we were attempting to give Timmy a new spleen, but he apparently slipped in a few pages from his Winnie-the-Pooh coloring book...
Vincent J. Murphy
Spandex Justice
Moof!
In a land-mark case Lexmark are invoking the DMCA against the pregnant women.
"We produce organs, so apparently do pregnant women, clearly they have reverse engineered our technology in breach of the DMCA. As normally with copyright violations this is biggest in China, India and other countries with large populations"
Pregnant Women have filed a class-action countersuit claiming prior art, but are not expect to win as they didn't give any cash to elected officials.
Senator Joe Bung(R) said "I know my mother doesn't agree with this case but the fact is she broke the DMCA when she had me, I'd much of prefered to have been printed out and it would have been easier for ma, women must realise that this is a natural thing and we must let the market decide."
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
humanity weeps...
Four winged dinosaurs, printed livers...
I know that these stories are relevant, but Slashdot this morning is looking ominously like the copy of metro (free subway "news"paper) that I was reading on the tube today.
Just don't let the next story be about Britney Spears and that lame Limp Bizkit singer splitting up, or getting together, or whatever it is they are up to.
Isn't this how they made Lulu?
The worst is, I misread and thought for a second you wanted to print orgasms....
Refills don't have to cost an arm and a leg!
Well, not your arms and legs personally...
Can I print an organ that is disproportional (no I am not thinking about penises) to what normally comes out?
like, say, would I be able to print a sphere of kidney cells?
how about a longer stretch of arm-muscles?
attached to a printed, longer leg-bone?
can I print a new layer of skin, or new hair folicles? (can you imagine rogain all up on this stuff?)
how about a third leg?
in fact, how about a beak?
a gill so I can swim underwater? (i mean, as long as the blood circulates through it)
the possibilities are endless, marvellous, and scary.
My life in the land of the rising sun.
She'd be paper thin, she'd be so flat the wall would be jealous, litterally.
So far they can only print organs, so no girl printing..
But you can print yourself girl organs!
hmm....
$ prn < hottie.3ds
error: Printer on fire!
giel.y contains 2 shift/reduce conflicts
Oh man there are sooo many good jokes here!
Hey! Don't touch my monkey, he isn't dry yet!
"Enjoy what you're doing! If it becomes drudgery, you're doing it wrong!" - Jim Butterfield
Now all we need is one of those deli meat-slicers and a good scanner and we can email ourselves around!
"Yeah, I remember John. Poor guy. Died on the operating table when they had a paper jam."
Chris Mattern
McDonalds has known about this for years. It's how they make their burgers.
"Aren't women sorta like organism printers?"
Yup! Just got through filling the "ink" reservoir on one, beautiful "ports" too. And the paper "feed" is a joy to behold. In about nine months, baring any "jamming" or "leaking",there will be a lot of little "fonts" to admire, as long as "backspace" isn't being used.
I believe you could get just as terrifying effects much more easily.
Four large stripes, one in each colour, and at the bottom, a simple line of black text. "This page consumed $3.62 worth of ink!"
It's just like a fascist dictatorship, without the punctual rail service!