Using local materials is a lot easier — and dramatically cheaper — than lugging heavy construction supplies from Earth.

Scientists: Astronauts could build Moon base using human urine

Moon. Pee. Base.

In an experiment, a team of European researchers attempted to use the main compound in human urine and lunar regolith to create a resilient concrete.

Scientists: Astronauts Could Build Moon Base Using Human Urine

Need a resilient lunar building material? Urine luck.

Without more ventilator valves, some patients would have probably died.

An overwhelmed Italian hospital is 3D printing replacement parts

Making Do

When an Italian hospital started to run out of ventilator valves, 3D printing firms came in to make some more on the spot.

An Overwhelmed Italian Hospital Is 3D Printing Replacement Parts

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/covid-19-3d-printed-valve-for-reanimation-device/">Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients lives by 3D printing valves for reanimation devices</a> [3D Printing Media Network]

More on COVID-19: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/italy-nationwide-travel-restrictions-death-toll-soars">Italy Imposes Nationwide Travel Restrictions as Death Toll Soars</a>

Treatments

Without the extra ventilator valves, some patients might have died.

Scientists turn entire human organs fully transparent

Lit Up Insides

A research team's new technique has improved the development of transparent organs creating stunning images of 3D cellular maps.

Scientists Turn Entire Human Organs Fully Transparent

MORE: <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-02-transparent-human-d-cellular.html">Transparent human organs allow 3-D maps at the cellular level</a> [Phys.org]

RELATED: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/researchers-3d-printed-heart-human-tissue">Researchers Create First Ever 3d-Printed Heart Using Human Tissue</a>

Developments

See-through pancreases, hearts and kidneys could lead to functional, 3D printed human organs.

Протезирование 4-х лап у кошки после перенесенной ампутации

Surgeons gave this adorable cat four amazing 3D-printed paws

Catborg

With the help of a local university, a Russian veterinarian 3D printed four titanium prostethics to allow four year-old female cat to walk again.

Surgeons Gave This Adorable Cat Four Amazing 3D-Printed Paws

Four titanium legs gave poor little Dymka a new lease on life.

Scientists recreate sound an ancient mummy's vocal tract would have made – audio

This is what Nesyamun's voice would've sounded like when he was alive.

Hear an ancient mummy "talk" using a 3D-printed vocal tract

Dead Language

Researchers 3D-printed a replica of the mummy Nesyamun's vocal tract — and then used it to hear what his voice would've sounded like when he was alive. 

Hear an Ancient Mummy “Talk” Using a 3D-Printed Vocal Tract

An Egyptian priest just spoke for the first time in 3,000 years.

"We did it on a small scale, but with investment and interest, it can easily be scaled up."

Scientists print functional human "mini-livers"

Liver Printing

A team of Brazilian researchers have succesfully bioprinted tiny organoids like a mini-liver that perform all of the human liver's functions.

Scientists Print Functional Human “Mini-Livers”

READ MORE: <a href="http://agencia.fapesp.br/researchers-create-functional-mini-liver-by-3d-bioprinting/32217/">Researchers create functional mini-liver by 3D bioprinting</a> [Agência FAPESP]

More on bioprinting: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/biotech-company-3d-printed-mini-heart">This Biotech Company Claims to Have 3D Printed a Mini Human Heart</a>

Another step closer to ending our reliance on a short supply of donor organs.

New Story + ICON + Échale | “3D Printed Housing for Those Who Need It Most”

"Once people see it in person, it’s no longer a crazy idea."

These adorable 3D-printed houses could solve homelessness

Printer Power

Nonprofit New Story has unveiled the first 3D-printed houses in what will eventually be a community boasting 50 of the unique homes.

These Adorable 3D-Printed Houses Could Solve Homelessness

Each took just 24 hours to build using a massive 3D printer.

"Just like real rabbits, our rabbit also carries its own blueprint."

This plastic bunny has DNA explaining how to make more bunnies

Buck Like Funnies

Scientists encoded instructions for creating a 3D-printed plastic bunny in DNA and then embedded the DNA right in the bunny itself.

This Plastic Bunny Has DNA Explaining How to Make More Bunnies

It could hold the key to solving the world's data storage problem.

First 3D Printed Revetment Wall, Shanghai-Jiangsu Port, China (Part I)

The town of Suzhou is now home to a wall unlike any other.

China just completed the world’s largest 3D-printed structure

Absolute Unit

Chinese construction company Winsun has finished building a 3D-printed river revetment more than 500 meters (1,640 feet) long.

China Just Completed the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure

It's more than 1,640 feet long.

Opponents of 3D-printed guns just scored a victory in court.

Federal Judge: It's illegal to post 3D-printed gun designs online

Gun Point

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration's 2018 decision to let Defense Distributed share blueprints for 3D-printed guns was illegal.

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