Submission + - A new way to print bones
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Good old ink jet printers are really versatile machines. Last week, I told you they will be used to print organic transistors (check a previous story or a Slashdot summary for more). Now, Canadian and German researchers are using a slightly modified version of the printer that sits on your desk to build three-dimensional bioceramic bones. They took 'advantage of the ink-jet printer's ability to print layer upon layer to produce three-dimensional porous materials using the same building blocks as real bone.' The key is that their new process works at room temperature and also is able to produce a great variety of shapes. Anyway, this method will certainly be not used by surgeons and hospitals before many years. Read more for additional references and a picture of ink printed skulls."
