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Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle (www.tomshardware.com)
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A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants.

I've linked to a decent write-up on Tom's Hardware, but New Scientist covered it last week too.

Source paper: 3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing (science.org)

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[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 110 points 5 days ago

I'm only in favor of this if the mosquito suffers mightily somewhere along the process.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 48 points 5 days ago

I want it setup so the hot filament goes into its asshole and then out through the probiscus.

[-] toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org 15 points 5 days ago

Now there's a mental image.

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