Re: [DIYbio] 3D printing medical devices

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael, I think printed bone replacements falls under DIYbio, as it is
> merely an equipment like the dremelFuge, openPCR, etc

The printed component itself is "equipment"?

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> On Sep 26, 2012 9:26 PM, "Michael Turner" <michael.eugene.turner@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael Turner
>> Project Persephone
>> 1-25-33 Takadanobaba
>> Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 169-0075
>> (+81) 90-5203-8682
>> turner@projectpersephone.org
>> http://www.projectpersephone.org/
>>
>> "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward
>> together in the same direction." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
>>
>> > 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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