75% of a human skull replaced with 3D-printed material

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/150354-75-of-a-human-skull-replaced-with-3d-printed-material

by benigeri • 13 years ago

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whtrbt• 13 years ago

I assume the answer is no, but there's no mention on any of the articles I've read as to whether this was cosmetic.

magicarp• 13 years ago

Who in their right mind would want a cosmetic skull replacement?

mixmastamyk• 13 years ago

Dunno, mine is a bit lopsided.

InclinedPlane• 13 years ago

Anyone with a severe cranial bone deformity, such as the elephant man, perhaps?

rorrr• 13 years ago

Fossils just got a lot more interesting.

LAMike• 13 years ago

I wonder if 3D printing will have an effect on cosmetic plastic surgery one day

nwh• 13 years ago

Plastic surgery, oddly enough, contains no plastic.

RyanMcGreal• 13 years ago

The word "plastic" in plastic surgery refers to plasticity - the ability of an object to be reshaped or reformed.

robinh• 13 years ago

Quite possibly. I think we'd just call it 'automated plastic surgery', though.

GotAnyMegadeth• 13 years ago

There'll be a booth on every street corner, just like phone boxes. Just swipe your phone to pay, then design a new look, or choose from a list of 'looks you might like'. Minutes later you'll be a new person...

DoubleCluster• 13 years ago

Sadly the material is not adamantium.

manglav• 13 years ago

Unfortunately, metal implants in the body still cause long-term problems and inflammation in the surrounding area. Otherwise, they could have used laser sintering to make a adamantium skull.

bcoates• 13 years ago

Do you have more details on that? I've got long-term metal implants in my bones, I thought it was routine.

sgdesign• 13 years ago

For some reason, I understood this headline as "75% of a human brain replaced with 3D-printed material". I must say it left me perplexed for a few seconds… (maybe my brain could be replaced by 3D-printed material after all…)

pvaldes• 13 years ago

mmh, I wonder about plastic leaking pseudo-hormones to the capillaries surrounding the brain, or simply about to lean for several hours in a beach over hot sun if you have a "plastic roof"...

The question is what 3d-printed material I suppose... an interesting idea in any case

75% of a human skull replaced with 3D-printed material

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