COULD A HUMAN EYE BE 3D PRINTED? 'Yes', says Italian company MHOX and they claim they'll get it to market by 2027 with improved features and some additional gimmicks.
The eyes would be bio-printed with a needle that drops cells which subsequently bind together. MHOX describes itself as 'a generative design studio. It develops body extensions, objects that integrate the human body to mutate its aesthetic, sport and medical potential'. Are these guys for real? Yes. Can it be done? Possibly. But I guess we'll have to wait until 2027 because they say they want to figure out how to cure blindness and also connect this engineered eye to connect via WiFi to be able to share the visual experience. Right now they just seem to be an artsy design team creating conceptualized 3D printed masks and customized body parts. You can check out their website at this link: https://mhoxdesign.com/index.html <https://m.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmhoxdesign.com%2Findex.html&h=kAQH-s4rW&enc=AZOb2_gkahjELScNBH-MEzdEdkVQpPOMYwS8jXNRf1UNqV9PJwe0f-47N55e-hbGTJc&s=1> A MORE CREDIBLE SOURCE As Alexander Klarman reports from the All3DP.com <http://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FAll3DP.com%2F&h=JAQF8sQG8&enc=AZOauzxj3d8o59yyQqWMiN11gppSPqCRi_C4yWJLhMIiHVAmUobEcf7fc94d7swHmS4&s=1> blog, 'The only profound news regarding the topic of 3D printing eyes comes from the University of Cambridge. Here 3D printing was used to produce artificial tissue grafts made from human retina cells. This means, in principle, two cell types from a rat’s retina can be 3D printed. The cells were alive and grew, which is a good foundation to 3D print and/or grow a whole retina eventually. What do you think? Will we one day be able to 3D print retinas, corneas and optic nerves? Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
