3-D Printing At Home
I was one of the 4,000 people who attended the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo at the Javits Convention Center in New York during the first week of April 2014. Although 40% of the population sampled said they had never heard of 3D printing, it is clear from this conference that it is revolutionizing […]
Man with 3-D Printed Pelvis Walks Again
A British gentleman in his 60s was suffering from chondrosarcoma of the pelvis, a rare form of cancer that could not be treated with radiation or drugs. The only option was to replace the diseased half of his pelvis. Such surgery would have been unheard of in the recent past, but with the advent of […]
3-D Printing of Blood Vessels
The biomedicine news section of the MIT Technology Review reported that artificial organs may become more practical thanks to a new 3-D printing technique (see 3-D Printing Blood Vessels into Artificial Tissues Could Eliminate Need for Donor Organs). It seems that materials science breakthroughs are occurring on a regular basis. The MIT team created a […]
3-D Printed Brainwave Headset
Monitoring of brainwaves is not a new idea, but the technology is now moving from a clinical and research environment to a consumer hobby. Medicalautomation.org reported that OpenBCI has developed a low-cost, programmable, open-source EEG [electroencephalography] platform that can enable anyone with a computer to have access to their brainwaves (see 3-D Printed Device Allows Users […]
Facial Reconstruction with 3-D Printing
One of the e-newsletters I look forward to every week is from MedicalAutomation.org. The site describes their mission as filling the need for unbiased information about processes and technologies that can make healthcare more effective, efficient and equitable. Their scope is worldwide. One of the topics that seems to be appearing more frequently in the […]
