Posted on 04/30/2018 3:37:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Aether, the biotechnology company behind the multi-tool Aether 1 3D bioprinter, is developing an artificially intelligent (AI) program for 3D printing organ models.
Described as the “missing piece” in the wider, 3D bioprinting puzzle, Aether’s Automatic Segmentation and Reconstruction (ASAR) process will be capable of identifying different tissues in CT Scan data and converting the results into a mutlimaterial, 3D printable file.
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According to Aether CEO Ryan Franks, “AI is the only way bioprinting can reach its full potential.” With AI, the file preparation process is automated, bringing 3D printing closer to the “click of a button” usability which is essential to the technology’s growth.
The ASAR process will require no editing tools, calibration or human intervention to complete a file, and should reduce the process to minutes rather than hours.
Upon launch, ASAR technology will only be compatible with CT scan data, but Aether hopes to extend the technology’s capabilities across “all major modalities, such as MRI, X-ray, and angiogram.”
As materials and hardware develop too, it is hoped that this platform will be transferable for 3D bioprinting functional organs.....
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From the headline, I thought they had created ether, proving that spacetime was actually full of ether since they had detected it.
What happens when you have an excess of either near a 3D printing machine?
It is all about the speed. Removing humans from the loop would certainly reduce the cycle time.
What type of organ? Pipe organ? Electric? Electronic?
Human being.
Can it print teeth?
Oh, you mean like someone traveling on The Organ Trail.
I could see a combination of this and cultured stem cells from a persons own body to allow for generation and implantation of a new organ within a few weeks time of an organ being identified as requiring replacement.
Have a small tumor in your lung or liver. Get some stem cells from the patient or generate some stem cells or take healthy lung/liver cells and culture them until there are sufficient quantity to use the 3D printer which prints in the form of the organ to be replaced.
Cirrohsis? no problem. Kidney malfunction? here ya go. Heart clogged up and scarred - give me a minute.
The only thing I don’t think is possible - is the replacement of the brain....due to implanted memories and connections developed only over time. Though I suppose they will work on that too.
Eventually - instead of an printer off to the side and open body surgery - the printer will be a small nozzle that is inserted into the body to add to the organ while at the same time another nozzle/laser/dissection piece precedes it and removes the bad tissue.
Give it......oh.....30 years to be perfected.
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