German scientists unveil 3D printed blood vessels
October 18, 2011
Have you ever watched your printer spit out ink onto a piece of paper? It goes line by line, squirting ink as the paper moves through the roller. What if you could do that in three dimensions, building something from the ground up. And instead of ink, the nozzle would shoot plastic, or any other material. That's exactly what 3D printing is, and it's really been taking the tech world by storm. Earlier this year, we had a story on the show about the world's first plane that was made from a 3D printer.
Well, in the latest development in the field, a team of German scientists have been working on a way to print artificial soft-tissue. As a result of their research, it may be possible to print things like human skin, muscles, organs and tendons in the next decade. Sounds like science fiction?
Report: Jonathan Gifford, Hannover