A man has had the first ever 3-D - publish skull - refilling suit , swop out a whole 75 per centime of the off-white in his head for a man - made replenishment .
The unidentified valet , from the US , first had his skull scanned to make a digital replica , before the large refilling shell was print out . It has specially designed textures and hole in the polyetherketoneketone complex body part to encourage the outgrowth of cells and bone , and the proficiency could prove invaluable in alternate of other pearl - damaged bits .
Oxford Performance Materials , the ship’s company behind the implant , thinks that there ’s no rationality these 3D - printed bone refilling could n’t be used to quicken other damage region , like limb . Is this the starting of the body - part replacement style ? Will we shortly be upgrading our skeletons , Wolverine manner ? Who knows , but at least you get it on if you break your nut you ’ll now be able-bodied to just impress out a replacement . [ news show ]
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