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Jan 11, 2017
VR Let Me Meet My Daughter Before She Was Born
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, virtual reality
A while ago I got an idea: how awesome would it be to use 4D ultrasound to scan my unborn baby and make a VR experience of that. So I talked my girlfriend over even though the idea felt a bit weird and almost scary.
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How to make it happen? I searched for similar cases online, but couldn’t find any. All I could find was some examples of using ultrasound images for a 3D print of your unborn baby. So this was the first time in the world someone was doing this. Luckily I got people at the Aava Medical Centre excited about the idea, and they helped me forward. I also contacted GE, a manufacturer of 4D ultrasound systems, and they advised me how to extract the right kind of files from the ultrasound machine.
Jan 8, 2017
Synthetic diamonds could one day replace GPS
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, 4D printing, biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Syn Diamonds is a field that I have been educating many on the importance of in areas of QC, healthcare/ medical, and now we’re looking at transportation such as driverless cars. I told folks if we could have a joint venture with Intel and HP in this space; we could see these to companies re-emerge as leaders again just for this one area of technology. Who ever comes up with the 3D or 4D printer that can mass produce the quality we need in syn diamond materials in various scales/ sizes will dominate and make billions as this technology is a core piece to QC.
Lab-grown red diamonds with an atomic defect could one day replace GPS systems thanks to their remarkable sensitivity to magnetic waves, scientists have suggested.
A team at Element Six, a tech company based in Oxfordshire, are exploring the remarkable properties of crystals with a so-called ‘nitrogen vacancy defect’ — a gap in the atomic lattice at the heart of the diamond.
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Jan 6, 2017
This 3D Printed Art Project Could Have Medical Applications
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical
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Jan 5, 2017
Tiny 3D printed biobots could dispense drug doses from inside your body
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, engineering
Samuel Sia, a professor of biomedical engineering at New York City’s Columbia University, has developed a 3D printed biobot that can be implanted in the body to release controlled doses of drugs. The amazing device can be controlled from outside the body using only magnets.
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Dec 27, 2016
Organovo 3D bioprinted liver tissue could make it to the FDA by 2019
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, bioprinting, biotech/medical
Speculation on 3D printed tissue coming to humans sooner than we think is backed by new pre-clinical findings from 3D bioprinting company Organovo (NASDAQ: ONVO). Though it will still be 3 – 5 years before the U.S. based Organovo apply for clearance of their liver tissue, that is still sooner than perhaps even the FDA had in mind.
Pre-clinical trial data shows that 3D bioprinted liver tissue has been successfully planted into lab-bred mice. The human liver-cell tissue shows regular functionality and, at this stage, is being explored as a suitable patch for the organ.
Dec 26, 2016
The garden shed full of helping hands
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, cyborgs
3D for the weekend inventors for a great cause to boot.
The British duo 3D printing prosthetic arms for children, for free, in the back garden.
Dec 26, 2016
‘Virtually Real,’ the world’s first 3D-printed VR art exhibition in London
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, virtual reality
Tilt Brush example. — Pictures courtesy of HTC ViveLONDON, Dec 27 — From January 11 to 14, 2017, the Royal Academy of Art in London will present the first ever 3D-printed artworks in virtual reality, produced in collaboration with HTC Vive.
Artists from the Royal Academy and its alumni will create artwork using the virtual reality platform HTC Vive, creations that visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience in real time, “fully immersing themselves in the virtual piece.”
Dec 25, 2016
Now You Can Make Movies of Living Cells With Your Smartphone!
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, mobile phones
Very cool; I do look forward to see where we land in the next 5 years on mobile imaging systems.
Years ago I remember developing software for a mobile blood gas analyzer to help researchers and doctors in some of the world’s most remote locations. And, the technology then did improve survival rates for so many. And, I see advances like this one doing so much for many who do not have access or the luxury of centralize labs, or hospitals, etc.
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Dec 22, 2016
Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (ATB) Manufacturing USA Institute Will Focus on 3D Bioprinting Among Other Biofabrication Technologies
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, bioprinting, economics, government, security
There’s really no sector in the United States (or much of the world) that has been untouched by the development of advanced manufacturing technologies – and no one seems to be underestimating the importance of the further development of those technologies in order to keep the country competitive. To that end, in 2014 the government established the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), more commonly known as Manufacturing USA.
The program brought together the industrial, academic, nonprofit and governmental sectors to establish a network of advanced manufacturing institutes for the purpose of accelerating new manufacturing technologies. President Obama proposed that the network grow to 45 institutes over the course of 10 years, and as of today, 12 have been established. The 12th, which was just announced by the Department of Defense, will be the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (ATB) Manufacturing USA Institute, and will be led by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), based in Manchester, New Hampshire.