by Rich Benvin | Oct 9, 2013 | Manufacturing
Science fiction is strangely telling of future technologies. Take for example Star Trek, one of the most popular sci-fi shows in television history. The characters would walk through automatic sliding doors, non-existent in the day, and relay orders through personal...
by Bill Decker | Sep 30, 2013 | Bioprinting
You get a full 3 dimensional scan of your complete body geometry. One day there is an accident and unfortunately you lose an ear or some other part of your body. Still, nothing that you really should worry about: Your doctor opens up your unique body geometry back up...
by Bill Decker | Sep 11, 2013 | Bioprinting, International
This 3D printer London scientists created, called the Vista 3D, is in the works to print organs “at the touch of a button.” It comes equipped with a nozzle that can 3D print a broad range of materials with high accuracy because of its advanced droplet...
by Bill Decker | Jul 13, 2013 | Bioprinting, Engineering
Thanks to a 3d-printed airway splint, an Ohio baby with tracheobronchomalacia can live life separately from hospital machines. “This is the first time 3D printing has been used to treat tracheobronchomalacia-at least in a human.” Now that the Food and Drug...
by Bill Decker | Jun 24, 2013 | Bioprinting, Engineering
A carpenter from South Africa and a puppeteer from Washington recently developed a 3D-printed prosthetic hand for a five year old boy born without fingers on his right hand (Amniotic Band Syndrome). Ivan Owen and Richard Van As, the puppeteer and carpenter, first...
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