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Re:Researchers discover way to 3D print directly inside the ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @03:15PM (#31672549)
> By utilizing sound instead, energy is able to be directed to the correct spot, forming a small bubble through a process called cavitation. Temperatures can reach a pressure approximately 1,000 times that of air at sea level and around 27,000 degress Fahrenheit, which is hotter than the 10,000 degrees surface of the sun.

I wonder if the more medically relevant use of this technology isn’t 3D printing but rather treating tumors?

Re:Researchers discover way to 3D print directly inside the ... by mleonhard on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @06:57PM (#31675501)
Ultrasound is already used to treat kidney stone disease [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone_disease#Lithotrip...

Re:Researchers discover way to 3D print directly inside the ... by xtracto on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:22AM (#31677524)
The vast majority of patients using that get some kind of kidney injury... some even kidney damage.

Ow... doesn't sound that great.