[geezerwheezer]

This has a lot of potential in the medical field, and might someday replace a lot of replacement surgeries for hips, knees, etc.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

This has a lot of potential in the medical field, and might someday replace a lot of replacement surgeries for hips, knees, etc.

The distinctive of artifacts as compared to naturally occurring objects is geometric regularity - straight lines, circles, etc - and of sharp demarkation between part and non-part. To have the ability to make materials which gradually transition between one function and another - between bone and tendon, here - strikes me as having very large potential.