Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Produce Organs...From Printer

Posted by Hemos on from the haul-out-your-old-inkjets dept.

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".

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Yay, more new technolgy! by InadequateCamel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Print out a girl for yourself?

    If this technology goes anything like every other technology we make, you might as well buy a RealDoll; it will probably be smarter.

  2. good news for geeks by roalt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just what we need, another technology that prevents a geek from having a girlfriend:

    They now will not only print pictures of nice girls, they now also start stuffing them...