Re: [DIYbio] 3D printing medical devices

Note: the following is a tangent from the discussion about cleaning up
Wikipedia's DIYbio (and possibly some other relevant articles).

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:12 AM, kingjacob <kingjacob@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can print in titanium using Direct Metal Laser Sintering.
[snip]

Yes, but is making bone replacements that have no biological
components within scope for DIYbio? It might be biomimesis, and
potentially DIY. But where's the actual biology? That's the question
here.

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> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've never heard anyone on here discussing printable hip
>> replacements... it sounds like a bad idea anyway, seeing as how poor
>> 3D printer plastics fair in strength. Most joint replacements are made
>> of titanium, etc... Who put that in there?
>>
>> It also has really old info scattered throughout, and doesn't mention
>> anything of the years of FBI interaction we've had
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The wikipedia articles are still awful.
>> >
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohacking
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIYbio
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopunk
>> >
>> > At least that last one is somewhat less awful. Anyone want to take
>> > cleanup
>> > duty?
>> >
>> > - Bryan
>> > http://heybryan.org/
>> > 1 512 203 0507
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