Showing posts with label 3-D Printer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 3-D Printer. Show all posts

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Print-On-Demand Bone Could Quickly Mend Major Injuries | VIDEO

Print-On-Demand Bone Could Quickly Mend Major Injuries
If you shatter a bone in the future, a 3D printer and some special ink could be your best medicine. Researchers have created what they call “hyperelastic bone” that can be manufactured on demand and works almost as well as the real thing

     If you shatter a bone in the future, a 3D printer and some special ink could be your best medicine. Researchers have created what they call “hyperelastic bone” that can be manufactured on demand and works almost as well as the real thing, at least in monkeys and rats.
By Jessica Boddy
www.sciencemag.org
9-28-16
Though not ready to be implanted in humans, bioengineers are optimistic that the material could be a much-needed leap forward in quickly mending injuries ranging from bones wracked by cancer to broken skulls. ...

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

New 3-D printer Opens Door for Manufacturing Revolution | VIDEO

New 3-D printer Opens Door for Manufacturing Revolution

     REDWOOD CITY, Calif. --Chemist Joe DeSimone's M1 is a 3-D printer inspired by science fiction.

When DeSimone saw the robot T-1000 rise from a molten pool in "Terminator 2," he imagined a machine that would do something similar.
By www.cbsnews.com
4-12-16

In a TED Talk last year, he demonstrated an early prototype, growing a complex sphere from a liquid pool in minutes. Now, his company, Carbon, is unveiling its first commercial printer -- a machine capable of making everything from cushioning for running shoes to complex car parts. [...]