@elonmuskSpaceX SuperDraco inconel rocket chamber w regen cooling jacket emerges from EOS 3D metal printer http://pic.twitter.com/Tj284OuAk1
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/375737311641628672Quote@elonmuskSpaceX SuperDraco inconel rocket chamber w regen cooling jacket emerges from EOS 3D metal printer http://pic.twitter.com/Tj284OuAk1
Oak Ridge is starting a 3D printing imitiatIive. 35,000 printers to schools plus R&D, including carbon reinforced polymer media - which should be plenty useful in space.http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_11_08_2013_p0-635147.xml
SpaceX SuperDraco inconel rocket chamber w regen cooling jacket emerges from EOS 3D metal printer http://pic.twitter.com/Tj284OuAk1
Bioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade A team of cardiovascular scientists has announced it will be able to 3D print a whole heart from the recipients' own cells within a decade. "America put a man on the Moon in less than a decade. I said a full decade to provide some wiggle room," Stuart K Williams told Wired.co.uk. >
QuoteBioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade
Bioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade
Quote from: docmordrid on 11/22/2013 11:24 amQuoteBioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade Makes me wonder if it might be possible to design a heart that would be more suitable for microgravity.
Quote from: grondilu on 11/22/2013 12:20 pmQuote from: docmordrid on 11/22/2013 11:24 amQuoteBioengineer: the heart is one of the easiest organs to bioprint, we'll do it in a decade Makes me wonder if it might be possible to design a heart that would be more suitable for microgravity.Or keep a spare... In your body. Just in case. For extended missions...