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- nottheonion@lemmy.world
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- nottheonion@lemmy.world
A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants.
I’ve linked to a decent write-up on Tom’s Hardware, but New Scientist covered it last week too.
Source paper: 3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing (science.org)
I hope not. Around here, you just step outside and there will be a dozen swarming around you.