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# Taken to it's extremity...
...you could design a pet in photoshop and print it for real.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:15, archived)
# hehhehe
that would be funny!
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:16, archived)
# tedmus
will be wanting an A1-sized printer, then
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:16, archived)
# Bloody hell
Damm right.

Showing my ignorance, are the cells printed able to grow or would they stay at the level of development they were at when printed?
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:17, archived)
# presumably
they'd act like any other cell, and age and die in accordance with the remaining natural laws that haven't yet been repealed by science
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:18, archived)
# Ah
I see... :)
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:19, archived)
# depends on the type of cells I suppose.
If you had stem cells and a bloody clever printer you could print each different cell separately. Though I imagine it will be used for skin/heart tissue for minor repairs.
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:19, archived)
# Or
Breasts
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:19, archived)
# yes
breasts
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:20, archived)
# Mmmmmm
Breasts....
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:20, archived)
# a
breast printer....would never need to leave the house...
(, Fri 21 Nov 2003, 10:24, archived)