First Human Clone Now Exists (Via 3D Printer)

SSo are we looking at the next stage of evolution in humanity? Homo Bullshitians?

Hey don't knock cutting edge science just because somebody else thought of it first.

That ear looks mighty fuzzy.

I saw a TV show the other day in which an ear was made that way and actually used on a little girl's head.

While my initial post was meant as a quasi joke, the printing of human parts is a serious quest -
Researchers developing gelatin bio-ink to 3D print human tissues and organs
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131101-researchers-developing-gelatin-bio-ink-to-3d-print-human-tissues-and-organs.html
Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) in Stuttgart, Germany, have succeeded in developing suitable bio-inks for 3D printing that consist of components from the natural tissue matrix and living cells. The substance is based on a well known biological material: gelatin. Gelatin is derived from collagen, the main constituent of native tissue.

The researchers have chemically modified the gelling behavior of the gelatin to adapt the biological molecules for printing. Instead of gelling like unmodified gelatin, the bio-inks remain fluid during printing. Once the bio-inks are irradiated with UV light, they crosslink and cure to form hydrogels. These are polymers containing a huge amount of water (just like native tissue), but which are stable in aqueous environments and when heated to physiological 37°C (98.6 degree Fahrenheit), the average temperature of the human body.

The researchers can control the chemical modification of the biological molecules so that the resulting gels have differing strengths and swelling characteristics. The properties of natural tissue can therefore be imitated – from solid cartilage to soft adipose tissue.

Too bad I most likely won't be around in 100 or so years when they get this thing perfected. Like to get me a new set of legs with working veins and maybe a couple of replacement kidneys.