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The implant is made of polyetherketoneketone, a biocompatible polymer that won’t interfere with X-rays. Small details are etched along the surface of the prosthetic to promote the growth of bone and cells. This is the first additively manufactured polymer implant to receive approval by the FDA. Reports on the new surgery are unclear on whether it was 75 percent of the skull’s surface area or the skull’s mass that was replaced, however we believe that it’s likely to be the latter. Because the implant doesn’t have to be tooled and can be created directly from a digital file, the company reports that there are few limits on what it can make.
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Amazing: Marina Abramovic and Ulay sarted an intense love story in the 70s, performing art out of the van they lived in. When they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again.
At her 2010 MoMa retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, where she shared a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing and this is what happened.
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In modern America we believe racism to be the property of the uniquely villainous and morally deformed, the ideology of trolls, gorgons and orcs. We believe this even when we are actually being racist. In 1957, neighbors in Levittown, Pa., uniting under the flag of segregation, wrote: “As moral, religious and law-abiding citizens, we feel that we are unprejudiced and undiscriminating in our wish to keep our community a closed community.
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One of the first links in my bookmark bar: the first page of the internets…ever. I come back to this one every once in a while.
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How politicians are using Vine.
“Freshman Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) is using new Twitter video application Vine to give his constituents a behind-the-scenes look at his work in the House.
Tuesday, his Twitter account featured a brief video clip showing the process of him submitting his first bill, the VetSuccess Enhancement Act, which would extend the eligibility period for the Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation & Education VetSuccess program by five years to 17 years after the military discharge of disabled veterans. The Vine video was also highlighted by Twitter’s @Gov account.”
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Photo reblogged from Little Big Details
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