This was a quote from our Autodesk Chief Technology Officer Jeff Kowalski on the partnership with medical research firm Organovo.
While the ability to print yourself a new liver after a tough New Years Eve party may not be possible this year, the research and technology is definitely headed towards the ability to 3D print print real functioning human tissue and organs in the future will be reality.
Read more in the Wired.com article:
”Autodesk Developing CAD Software to Design, 3-D Print Living Tissue”
http://www.wired.com/design/2012/12/autodesk-3-d-print-tissue/
Take it easy on your body this holiday season as you cannot 3D print replacement parts, yet…
Cheers,
Shaan