Kit Bashir
One for @vik https://boingboing.net/2026/02/20/dead-mosquito-beaks-make-surprisingly-good-3d-printing-nozzles.html
Dead mosquito beaks make surprisingly good 3D printing nozzles

Researchers glued dead mosquito feeding tubes onto 3D printers and got finer lines than $80 commercial nozzles, for about 80 cents each.

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Feb 21 at 4:09amWeb
Show threadMalcolm HerbertFeb 21
@Unixbigot @vik calling it a "collaboration between biology and engineering" I think is a tad misleading ...
Show threadKit BashirFeb 21
@mherbert @vik “The engineer was involved, the mosquito was committed”
Show threadIncident Creator ❎Feb 21
@mherbert They collaborated the hell out of the mosquito, that's for sure. @Unixbigot
Show threadIncident Creator ❎Feb 21
@Unixbigot Oh yeah, I put that one in the #EverythingOpen talk. It looks nice and simple. The main problem with from my perspective it is the insanely expensive picolitre pump hanging off the blunt end. Plus unclogging a blocked nozzle is a bugger of a job. Probably is for mosquitoes too mind...
Show threadKit BashirFeb 21
@vik imagining a mozzie with a 1x1mm kleenex blowing its nozzle
Show threadIncident Creator ❎Feb 21
@Unixbigot "Hmmm, nosebleed."
Show threadEdwardFeb 21
@Unixbigot @vik peak innovation, they handle heat though?