[1º Bachillerato] 3D Printed Body Parts Are Almost Here

Watch the video and answer the questions.
To stop the video, just click on it. Click again to continue watching.

1. What problem did the 9-year-old girl have?

2. What was the price of a 3D printed hand compared to a robotic one?

3. What operation did the doctors in Holland do?

4. Can people using 3D printed eyes really see?

5. What other products does the Fripp Company make?

6. When will skin graft machines(*) be ready?

7. What other uses of 3D printed organs are mentioned in the video? Give at least two.

(*) máquina de injerto de piel.

A visit to London: 10 FREE things to do there

Wow! That's coooool!!

Look what I found surfing the net.... Yes, it's a Spiderman backpack! Isn't it coooool? ;-)

Flowers from Japan

A Spanish friend of mine  who lives in Yokohama (Japan) took these beautiful pics of Japanese flowers. Hope you like them.

You can also visit his blog Vente pa Yokohama Pepe.

The TomTato: tomatoes and potatoes in just one plant

Have you ever seen anything like this? A plant which is half a tomato plant and half a potato one! The TomTato can grow more than 500 sweet cherry tomatoes while producing white potatoes. The plants can be grown either outside or inside, as long as they are in a large pot or bag. The hybrid plants were individually hand-crafted and not a product of genetic engineering. 

Well, now you can make a salad with just one plant... :)

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*sweet cherry tomatoes: pequeños tomates dulces, llamados también cherry (cereza) en España.
*pot: maceta, cacharro.
*hybrid: híbrido, creado a partir de plantas distintas.
*hand-crafted: realizado a mano, mediante injertos, como en los rosales, limoneros, etc.y no en un laboratorio.