3D PRINTING
Engineers develop a rapid 3D-printing technique for human tissue and organs
Researchers have developed technology that is 10–50 times faster than the industry standard
Amazing to see how far along has the 3D printing tech come in the last few years. Only recently I touched on how a novel technique uses living cells to 3D-print a bone with a novel ink. Before that, I wrote about how a similar 3D-printing technique enhances the production of biomedical parts. While these 3D-printing methods have been groundbreaking in their own regards, but the conventional methods have been slow.
Engineers at the University of Buffalo have now broken the ceiling on this by developing a rapid 3D printing technique. The seven-second video below depicts how fast & efficient is the proposed 3D printing process. The actual time taken is actually 19 minutes sped up visionary depiction, that the conventional technique would take approximately six hours to complete.
Researchers believe the 10–50x faster than the industry standard 3D printing of organs could one day be a gamechanger in saving countless lives lost due to the shortage of donor organs. The team employed a method called stereolithography — a longstanding 3D-printing method that uses lasers to harden…
