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Robot Arms to Help Knit Replacement Human Body Parts

Posted February 26, 2014 11:31 AM

From New Scientist - Online news:

You might be able to knit a pair of socks, but robots could one day knit you a pair of kidneys. Bioprinters with many arms could coordinate their limbs to knit together different types of human tissue and mass-produce replacement organs, cartilage or muscle. Bioengineer Ibrahim Ozbolat and his team at the University of Iowa have successfully used a 3D printer fitted with two robot arms to create tissue of two key types.

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02/26/2014 12:45 PM

.....and then a stylish sweater to keep you warm....

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