Andrea Toulouse and her team are researching high-resolution 3D printing using light-based processes. The vision: To develop tiny 3D printers that will one day be able to build biological tissue directly inside the body. (IMAGE)

Universitaet Stuttgart

Andrea Toulouse and her team are researching high-resolution 3D printing using light-based processes. The vision: To develop tiny 3D printers that will one day be able to build biological tissue directly inside the body.

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Andrea Toulouse and her team are researching high-resolution 3D printing using light-based processes. The vision: To develop tiny 3D printers that will one day be able to build biological tissue directly inside the body. Here, laser light is coupled into an optical fiber, whose glowing tip is intended to become a mini 3D printer.

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University of Stuttgart / Uli Regenscheit

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