The Different Types of Materials

Mimicking nature is the holy grail of all materials, says Dean Caiman. 3D printers effectively emulate the growing process and allow you to do things that can emulate growing. If there are commercials, as is in my book and people can find this, there are commercial 3D printers that print skin for burn skin graphs. That's now possible. So we are growing skin the way nature does,. turns out skin is the easiest organ to emulate, to grow. But Dean Caiman is working ongrowing parts of more complex tissues like the heart - even eventually, a growing replacement heart for you from a 3D printer if you have an ailing or damaged heart.

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