Tag: 3-d printing
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#CyberSpaceWar – Building Tiny Human Organs With 3-D Printing
from hereandnow.org: Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia has big ideas about her work with tiny organs. Using 3-D printing and human cells, she’s created a miniature human livers in her lab at MIT that can be used for testing drugs. Dr. Bhatia is part of a bio-engineering revolution that is transforming the field of medicine. She tells…
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Hershey’s 3-D printer: dream it, print it, eat it
from eatocracy.com: Because apparently Americans don’t have easy enough access to junk food, soon getting a candy bar could be as easy as hitting “print.” 3D Systems announced a deal with Hershey’s Thursday to collaborate on developing a 3-D printer that makes chocolate and other edible products. In a statement, 3D Systems said making printers…
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Is 3-D Printing the Future of Food?
3-D food printing emerges at SXSW Eco* from dairyherd.com: Food printing has been around for several years. A group at Cornell University created a printer in 2011 that could print chocolate, cheese, scallops, celery and turkey. Click here for more. Earlier this year, Dutch scientists printed a burger with a $325,000 price tag. Though it…