Iqembu lama- “anarchist biohackers” azenzele i-reactor engenziwa ngabantu ekhaya ngezicucu eziphrintiwe nge-3D nangaphandle kwamashalofu, okungenza abantu bakwazi ukwenza imishanguzo yabo.
The Amasela amane Uviniga ngokuhlanganyela yasungulwa nguprofesa wezibalo uMichael Laufer ngo-2015, enkundleni yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bathola imali engabizi kakhulu.
Ithole ukugqama ngo-2016, lapho ukunyuka kwentengo ku-EpiPen kugqugquzela leli qembu ukuthi lenze izinhlelo zokuzenzela i-autoinjector enamahloni ebizwa nge- “EpiPencil.” I-EpiPencil ingenziwa ngo- $ 30, iphinde ilayishwe kabusha ngo- $ 3, ngokungafani ne- $ 600 yenguqulo yegama lomkhiqizo.
Ekugcineni, inhloso yeqembu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu banezinsizakusebenza abazidingayo ukuze bazenzele ukhetho lwezokwelapha. "Ukuphishekela isayensi kuyilungelo lomuntu," kusho uLaufer Ibhodi lomama ngoJulayi. “Empeleni, kuyilungelo lomuntu okuvela kuwo wonke amanye amalungelo. Kufanele ukwazi ukwenza noma yini oyifunayo emzimbeni wakho futhi ucabange ngendlela ofuna ngayo. ”
Kuze kube sekugcineni, iqembu selisungule idizayini yesiphenduli sebhu esincanyana, esenzelwe ukulingisa imishini emikhulu kakhulu futhi ebiza kakhulu. I-Apothecary MicroLab, njengoba iqembu lilibiza kanjalo, yenziwa ngezinto ezingekho eshalofini nezingxenye eziphrintiwe ze-3D.
Igumbi lokuphendula liqukethe imbiza yamasoni encane ngaphakathi kwembiza enkulu yamasoni, enesembozo esikhethekile se-3D esivumela izinto ukugeleza phakathi kwezimbiza ezimbili. Ezinye izingxenye eziphrintiwe nge-3D zifaka i-stepper motor, ipipi lesirinji, kanye ne-coupler kanye ne-shaft shredder exhunywe ngamapayipi epulasitiki. Ukusetha konke kungaba ikhompyutha ezenzakalelayo.
IMicroLab esebenzayo ingahlanganisa imishanguzo ekhiqiza amakhemikhali angabizi kakhulu. Ngokwenhlanganisela, ihlanganise imishanguzo emihlanu eyahlukene kuze kube manje: INaloxone (esetshenziselwa ukuvimbela ukweqisa izidakamizwa i-opiate), iDaraprim (elapha izifo kubantu abane-HIV), iCabotegravir (umuthi wokuvikela i-HIV), ne-mifepristone ne-misoprostol (esetshenziselwa ukusiza isisu semithi).
Iqembu lifake enye yezindlela zokupheka kuwebhusayithi yalo, kepha alikabeki imiyalelo yeminye imithi emine; isenza ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabo.
Njengenoveli njengoba kuzwakala, akusikho okokuqala ukuthi othile abe ne-3D ephrinta i-reactor yamakhemikhali. NgoJanuwari 2018, uLee Cronin nethimba lakhe e-University of Glasgow baphuma isifundo okuningiliziwe ukuthi i-3D iphrinte kanjani i-modular chemical reactor ekwazi ukwenza ukusabela okuningi.
Isiphenduli sasenziwe ngokwezifiso, njengoba abacwaningi bakha "umtapo wezincwadi" wezingxenye ezingabekwa ndawonye ukwenza amamojula. Ithimba laphrinta amamojula nge-polypropylene, ngoba kuyaphrinteka kwe-3D futhi kungasebenzi ngokuhlangana kwamakhemikhali okuphilayo. Lisebenzisa amamojula, iqembu likwazile ukwenza i-baclofen, isidambisi semisipha.
"Inhloso ukwenza i-molecule enobuchwepheshe obuncane kakhulu elandela imanuwali yeziyalezo," kusho uCronin utshele IChemical and Engineering News emuva kuJanuwari. “Uma usuyifakile ekhompyutheni inqubo yokwenza lokho okuhlanganisiwe, ingavuswa ingunaphakade. Besifuna ukuqhamuka nendlela yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ngabe ubeka amakhemikhali ohlelweni lwe-reactor ukuthi azocubungula ngendlela efanayo isikhathi ngasinye, akunikeze inqubo yokuphendula eyinkimbinkimbi ngaphandle kokuthola iphutha. ”
