Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Print your own blood vessels, no need for red toner

Print your own blood vessels, no need for red toner

Barely 24 hours after we told you about printing your own bones, the franken-science continues with the announcement that blood vessels are next on the body-parts-you-can-print list. Unsurprisingly, you'll need more than just regular toner if you want to start printing your own at home, but pioneering work by application-oriented research organization Fraunhofer has claimed to have cracked it by adding some good old 'two-photon polymerization' into the mix - yeah, obvious once you know.

Engadget, Print your own blood vessels, no need for red toner

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