3D printing expands into living tissue electronics
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The Economist
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This article briefly introduces the evolution of 3D printing from its origins in the 1980s as a prototyping tool to its modern applications in kitchen gadgets, jet-engine parts, dental implants, and buildings. The headline suggests a focus on printing electronics onto living tissues, but the provided content is extremely limited — essentially a short blurb and metadata about the article's placement in the Science & technology section of The Economist's print edition, with no substantive discussion of the actual topic.
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bsky3D printing expands into living tissue electronicseconomist.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIT BEGAN IN the 1980s as a way to quickly produce simple prototype models in plastic.
These days 3D printing—or 'additive manufacturing', to give it its posher name—is used to make kitchen gadgets, jet-engine parts, dental implants and even some buildings.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline 'Additive artistry'
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