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3D-Printed Teeth Can Kill 99% of Dental Bacteria (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A research group in the Netherlands has developed a new plastic resin that can destroy most dental bacteria when used for the creation of dental appliances via 3D-printing. The process involves embedding antimicrobial quaternary ammonium salts inside extant dental resin polymers. Since the salts are positively charged, these disrupt negatively-charged bacterial membranes. The process is also being mooted for use in the creation of knee arthroplasties, and in the manufacture of children's toys and food packaging.
I think by the time you *need* printed teeth, the bacteria pretty much has done its thing.
Yeah, but then you can bite people without infecting them.
... you can work 3d printing into a higher percentage of your stories than this. Here, let me help:
Experts Chime In To Explain Fukushima Thryoid Cancer Concerns; Possibility To 3D Print New Thyroids?
Samsung Demos PCIe NVMe SSD At 5.6 GB Per Second, 1 Million IOPS - Can Store Over 100k Printable 3D Models
DARPA Program Targets Image Doctoring, Hasn't Yet Tackled 3D Printed Duplicates
Oracle Fixes Java Vulnerability Used By Russian Cyberspies With 3D-Printed Keyboard We Assume Based On No Evidence
Should Japan Restart More Nuclear Power Plants And Retrofit Them With 3D-Printed Control Rods?
Only 8% of the Universe's Habitable Worlds Have Formed So Far; Remainder Awaiting Jumbo-Sized MakerBot.
Come on, Slashdot, you can do it!
The War of 1812... the good 'ol days when the federal government actually tried to save New Orleans.
If you give me a place to stand, then I can 3D print the world!
-- With apologies to Archimedes.
that is if they would even have children in the first place, why would they, if they are going to live forever
I didn't have kids because I'm going to die someday, I had kids because I wanted someone else to do the dishes.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...