How It Works
Starting with a digital mapping of an individual's scalp, a structure of where living cells and other components is determined that factors in how those new cells will grow with time. This map is then converted to a file that becomes instructions for the printing equipment. At the printer, pulsing lasers are bounced off mirrors and through a lens so that a ribbon containing "bio ink" is struck and droplets fall in their designated places. About 10,000 droplets are released per second in order to create such tissues. Once these tissues are mature, they will actually grow on their own.

Addressing Special Needs with Special Technologies
Hair loss is often hereditary and uncontrollable, however it can be difficult to manage, embarrassing, and a cause for self-esteem problems. Through this unique concept of 3D printing hair follicles, what is essentially a hair transplant is performed though a relatively non-invasive process. The process creates what resembles a wig, except the wig is designed to perfectly fit an individual's scalp and mimmic the color, texture, and behavior of a person's natural hair. It can even adapt to any changes in an individual's body temperature.

Modern science is constantly finding new and innovative solutions to our many common problems. With the creation of such technologies as 3D printed hair follicles, hair loss might finally be a problem of the past.