Kit BashirFeb 21
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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@Unixbigot @vik calling it a "collaboration between biology and engineering" I think is a tad misleading ...
Feb 21 at 4:14amWeb
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