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    Wood Is the New Bone

    Leaf Trombone iPhone App

    Magic Mirror Shows Your Bones and Muscles In Real Time

    Pantech's Bone Conduction Phone Makes Us Say Duh

    Printing New Bones in Plastic
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    Image of kagekiri kagekiri
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    In the end, I think bone will be the "new bone." As awesome as cyborgs sound, we've yet to get to the point that our artificial replacement parts do better than a healthy version of the desired organ.
    Bone itself tends to adapt to implants, so sometimes, implanting bone-replacement materials that are stronger/stiffer/less breakable than bone can cause problems in surrounding bones or joints.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    "Coming up next on 'This Old Hip Replacement', we get to work on a new Femur for this 1953 Rancher. Now, the original was primarily made of Calcium, and we could go with a Titanium replacement, but we want to maintain the rustic structure and feel. And if you're anything like us, that means working with wood. Personally, I prefer Red Oak, but the Rattan or Sipo both work just as well."
    *cut to a scene of Norm Abram firing up the lathe*
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    Chip off the old block you say?
    Should be easier to get through airport security.
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    Image of kyre kyre
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    It takes some creative reading to say that this material "handles natural impact better". Personally, I didn't see that claim in the article, and would not believe it if I did (I am working on my second degree in the field of biomaterials research at the moment).
    While their claims of better oseointegration seem reasonable (I would have to see their actual experiments to be sure) I can't help but have some doubts over this gem:
    '"When implanted into the body, it is encapsulated by fibrous tissue. But if you introduce pores into the titanium. the mechanical properties can be compromised." If the titanium is weakened, it may break, leading to further damage to the bone.'
    There are a number of production and surgical techniques to limit fibrous encapsulation of a Ti implant. Suggesting that porous charcoal will not have the same strength drops as porous Ti is very misleading; introducing voids into any material will cause a drop in strength.
    Still, these could be points of bad reporting, not bad science. It is an interesting research direction in the field.
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    Image of kyre kyre
    08/10/09

    @kyre: In case anyone is interested, I turned up this paper (from the author in question, not sure if it is the article in question):
    [www.rsc.org]
    The Discovery article is misleading, if this is what they reference. They are talking about using wood to make hydroxyapatite(HA), a very commonly accepted bone material. The important point is the type of porosity they managed to create by using wood as their starting material.
    There is brief mention of HA, but it should be a bit more apparent, the bone substitute in the final product bears no resemblance to wood besides the internal microstructure.
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    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    Yaarrrr, Pirates be doin' this here practice for centuries!
    What took ye landlubbers so long?
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/10/09

    @Underscore_Lysdexia: My god, you've got a ship's steering wheel oseointegrated with your pelvis!
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    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    08/10/09

    @DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...: It's driving me nuts!
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    Image of Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea
    08/10/09

    @Underscore_Lysdexia: this joke was told in front of a live ostrich
    Ha Ha
    /ostrich
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    Image of MadCrazy MadCrazy
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    Can it osseointegrate like titanium?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/10/09

    @MadCrazy: From the article, "and other bones prefer the calcium carbon mix to space shuttle alloys." So I'm guessing....yes?
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    Meanwhile, where is that cool sculpture from?
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    Image of Invisible-Echidna Invisible-Echidna
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone

    "Everyone shut up and listen to me. I told you so. Now everyone join hands... I said 'dooooo it.'"
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    Image of Hank Scorpio Hank Scorpio
    08/10/09

    @Invisible-Echidna: The one called Smelly Hippie is right.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    Will they make the screws out of wood as well? Is it pressure treated for internal parasites? Will I have to give up my Ti ring in place of something from Lumber Liquidators?

    And finally, if BlLam has his Ti rod replaced with this, does that mean he will have a part wooden leg, and be more pirate than ninja? Although, "Blam Beard" does have a nice ring to it.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone
    HARELIP HARELIP!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/10/09

    @strider_mt2k: Joaquin Phoenix?
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    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone

    wooden robots!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/10/09

    In reply to Wood Is the New Bone

    Uhuhuhuhuhuhuh..uhuhuhuhuh....wood...uuhuhuhuhuh...bone....uhuhuh..grow woodbone
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    Image of r0cketman22 r0cketman22
    08/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: nice one.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I am a HUGE fan of B&B and its nice to be at Giz where so many others have the same terrible love for them.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/10/09

    @Curves: B&B have many fond memories for me. I remember watching the series finale with this cute girl from my Psych class named Danielle. I'm pretty sure she's in therapy from that night.
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    08/10/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList:
    and watching B&B had nothing to do with it.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/10/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: I never, ever go to first day movie releases, but I did for B&B Do America, a matinee no less. I was the only one in the theater over 16 years old and had so much fun that I saw it twice.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    08/10/09

    @aerospaceman: Correct. I'm sure the time between the end of the show, and the next morning have been blocked out by PTSD.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    08/10/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: should would be considering this a confession?
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    Image of branchan branchan
    08/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I think most people thought of this when reading the title :)
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/15/09

    In reply to Leaf Trombone iPhone App
    Interesting. And only 99¢. Still, having just read John Mahoney's incredible Giz article, Wy We Need Audiophiles, I'm now a true-believer and will wait for this app to be released in a $10,000 audiophile version. I'm sure I'll hear a difference in my iPhone's output.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/15/09

    @bosskev: the article actually inspired me to only eat rice krispies. for the snap, crackle, and pop. i now need to find a place that sells it for $5,300 a box.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/02/09

    In reply to Magic Mirror Shows Your Bones and Muscles In Real Time
    Get your ass (in shape, to go to) Mars..
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    Image of Curves Curves
    03/02/09

    In reply to Magic Mirror Shows Your Bones and Muscles In Real Time
    It wont be long till someone hacks it and then everyone will have the perfect body again. (Thank goodness, I was afraid I was going to have to do a sit up or something.....)
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