Flashforward Friday: Titanium Bones

For this week’s Flashforward Friday: Titanium Bones–the Beginning of New Bodies?

This week I read about a cancer patient receiving a titanium rib cage, which amazed the hell out of me. Basically, this man in Spain had to have his rib cage removed to get rid of a tumor. You can’t really function without a rib cage, so they 3D printed him a new one from lightweight titanium.

It was customized to fit his chest, which is a freaking cool use of a 3D printer. And unlike our more commonly used plasti...