The app provides you with guides, quoins and magnets to lock elements and letters in place during the printing process.

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The next step is to use a patient's own cells in the 3-D printing process.

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In a process similar to printing a photograph, engineers beam high-powered light through a mask-like image of the chip, creating a duplicate on a silicon wafer.

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In a process similar to printing a photograph, engineers beam high-powered light through a masklike image of the chip, thus creating a duplicate on a silicon wafer.

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This printing process is already used in organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) that form the displays of mobile phones.

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According to Gregory Gratson, a researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the printing process is quite benign, so living cells grown in culture should be able to survive it.

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Still in its early prototype stages, the device is an attempt to do for 3D scanning what the Replicator and its ilk have done for printing -- i.e. democratize the process in such a way that makes it affordable and user-friendly enough to make it an appealing prospect for hobbyists and later consumers.

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Interestingly, Japan has embarked on a massive money printing scheme and has compromised the independence of its central bank in the process.

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Travellers should also consider printing out boarding passes ahead of time to speed up the check-in process, and should remember the rules about packing liquids and electronics in carry-on and hand luggage.

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