{"id":365,"date":"2014-11-23T20:57:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geektactics.geektamin.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T21:49:42","slug":"3d-printed-brains-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geektactics.co.nz\/blog\/3d-printed-brains-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Brains Anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day by day new and innovative ways of using the 3D printer are fabricated. From a 3D printed house to <a title=\"How to 3D Print a Laptop\" href=\"https:\/\/nz.blog.geektactics.co.nz\/blog\/213\/3d-print-laptop\/\">3D printed laptop kits<\/a>, you begin to wonder whether anything more bizarre could be thought up! That was until a New Zealand company allowed you to print your own brain.<\/p>\n<p>How does this technology work? MRI scans are used to map out contours of your grey matter. This map is then used to created a plastic nylon replica of your brain. So in layman terms, advanced photocopying your brain.<\/p>\n<p>Getting your own copy of your brain isn&#8217;t as difficult as you would assume. You don&#8217;t need to be requiring it for medical or research purposes; essentially anyone in the world with the right tools could place an order. However there is one difficult prerequisite. You need a MRI scan or access to a MRI scan used for research purposes.<\/p>\n<p>While some may see this as a unique form of art or just plain cool, it&#8217;s not for everyone. The brains behind the business Will Brown claimed it&#8217;s a very niche market.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is a strong advocate for 3D printing. He says, &#8220;It&#8217;s quite hard to know. 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