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Print Your Own Skin

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5:15PM February 22, 2011 | Daniel Long

In what sounds like a scene from Robocop or The Terminator, scientists have invented an artificial skin printer, inspired by inkjet printers that could one day print skin which behaves in the same way as living tissue. More »


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Soon, You Will Be Able To Print Your Food

3:44AM December 25, 2010 | Max Read

Scientists at Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Lab are developing a commercially-available “3D food printer” that would allow users to “print” meals using “raw food ‘inks’” inside syringes. Sounds delicious! More »


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You Can Count Elephants By Just Using Acoustic Gear

4:30PM October 9, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

How do you count elephants in the jungles of Africa? You can either collect their excrement or you can listen. No, seriously. The Elephant Listening Project at Cornell University has figured out how to count elephants using acoustic monitoring. More »