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This is quite interesting. They coded the instructions on how to 3D print the bunny, coded it into DNA, slapped the DNA into nanocapsules, and somehow mixed that into the filament used to print the bunny.
Then they printed the bunny. It's a small thing, 2-3" tall.
Then they snipped off a piece of its ear, put it in a scanner, and read off the instructions on how to print the bunny.
And printed a bunny!
This has some tremendous implications. If your glasses frame or phone case had such information encoded, and the item broke, you could cut off a piece, put it in a scanner, and print yourself a new item!
Not to mention the smuggling story possibilities....
The video on the site that shows the printing and re-printing of the bunny is fairly short and very cool.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/scientists-used-dna-to-store-blueprint-data-for-3d-printed-stanford-bunny/
Then they printed the bunny. It's a small thing, 2-3" tall.
Then they snipped off a piece of its ear, put it in a scanner, and read off the instructions on how to print the bunny.
And printed a bunny!
This has some tremendous implications. If your glasses frame or phone case had such information encoded, and the item broke, you could cut off a piece, put it in a scanner, and print yourself a new item!
Not to mention the smuggling story possibilities....
The video on the site that shows the printing and re-printing of the bunny is fairly short and very cool.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/scientists-used-dna-to-store-blueprint-data-for-3d-printed-stanford-bunny/
