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Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle (www.tomshardware.com)
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A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants.

I've linked to a decent write-up on Tom's Hardware, but New Scientist covered it last week too.

Source paper: 3D necroprinting: Leveraging biotic material as the nozzle for 3D printing (science.org)

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So these 3D printed things arent vegan?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Mosquitoes are an exception to the values typically exhibited in veganism.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Say what? Is this not exploiting an animal, or worse, creating a potential market incentive to further exploit animal bodies and life? I'm not even vegan. I know individuals have exceptions, and the philosophy is a spectrum rather than a monolith and all that, but are mosquitoes not animal life?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago

I think they were joking.