Well , this seems a little “out there”. Gods inkjet, its called, may be able to print human organs.
Anyone know anything more about this technology?
I used to work on a chemistry/biotech magazine and I remember hearing about this, probably 3 years ago, at a conference. So, not a joke, but I’m afraid I don’t have any other cites to hand.
I can’t contribute anything directly but it sounds like a quantum but logical leap from what is already being done with cultured skin grafts.
Can they “print” an entire limb or do the bone chips clog the nozzles? 
The paper cowboy climbed out of the sack. He put on his paper pants and paper shirt. He strapped on his paper chaps, and he put on his paper hat. He climbed on his paper painted horse, and he road into town. The sherriff nabbed him, for rustling.
I don`t get it…
Tissue printing. AFAIK it is coming along in leaps and bounds.
The other day, somebody mentioned the possibility of artificial meat being made this way… maybe I will get to taste Dodo after all.
See this for another news story about it:
They’re working on ink jet printing bone, just down the corridor from here!
That would be so cool for reconstructive surgery. I suppose it will spill over into cosmetic surgery eventually.
Maybe, but I ain’t cleaning it up!
I wonder if pies can be printed this way.
Erm . . . meat pies? (Sorry.)
People have been printing asses for years. I can think of a few organs that have probably been printed already too. Big deal!
Internal organs, internal organs…
When come back, print pie!
Imagine a device that could print entire meals, straight onto the plate…
I bet those damn ink cartrigdes will be extremely expensive. My HP ink is already killing me and all I print out is 2 dimensional stuff!
As well as printing meat and organs the ultimate development of this technology is printing a whole new body for yourself and transplanting your tired old brain into it.
‘Excellent, Smithers.’
Or if the fidelity was good enough sent a printer to Mars or Tau Ceti and print the brain as well…
it would take only 10[sup]15[/sup] bits to reproduce your personality on another planet…
Sci-fi worldbuilding at
http://www.orionsarm.com/main.html
Portrait or landscape?
What the hell are you talking about???
This link includes a further link, “Tissue Engineers Grow Penis in Lab”, which I have not looked into, enough is enough tonight.