This video probably doesn't fit this forum very well, but it's simply too good to bury in Freeblog.
Boy gets prosthetic hand made by 3D printer
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, Feb 01 2014 10:31 AM
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Posted 01 February 2014 - 10:31 AM
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Posted 01 February 2014 - 10:48 AM
Great story, and 3D printing is only the beginning. By 2020, replacement hearts and other organs made of rejection-proof materials will often replace real organ transplants.
I have a friend, a noted heart surgeon, who is making such devices now and progressing at high speed in collaboration with the Chinese government because our FDA is lethargic.
I have a friend, a noted heart surgeon, who is making such devices now and progressing at high speed in collaboration with the Chinese government because our FDA is lethargic.
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Posted 01 February 2014 - 01:26 PM
Saw this in MAKE magazine. Isn't this great?
I have been busy learing Autocad since joining TechShop and will be doing 3D printing soon!
Love it!
I have been busy learing Autocad since joining TechShop and will be doing 3D printing soon!
Love it!
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Posted 01 February 2014 - 07:54 PM
It's awesome what 3D printing will bring for affordable human parts!!
Very cool info, Greg!!
Very cool info, Greg!!
She's real fine, my 409!!!
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Posted 01 February 2014 - 08:41 PM
Al,
How do you like TechShop? I always wonder if it'll end up like gym membership. Though I will probably make the dive later this year.
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Posted 02 February 2014 - 03:23 AM
Very cool info, Greg!!
It's the human part of the equation that warmed my heart. The kid so clearly loved what his dad had done for him and was so positive.
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Posted 02 February 2014 - 10:19 AM
I work at a medical device company. We have a plant that is dedicated to rapid prototyping and this additive manufacturing will change the future,however, we do not believe it will replace subtractive machining any time soon or even at all. If interested look it up on mmsonline.
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Posted 02 February 2014 - 12:57 PM
We are utilizing rapid prototyping in the jewelry manufacturing industry as well. Creating either one-off pieces for customers or creating a model which we mold in silicone rubber to make a production run with. If you can get the equipment to work correctly and understand how to use it, these machines are fantastically useful. It's nice to see that they are being used to improve the quality of life for those who need it as well. The amount of good that can be done with this technology is limitless.
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Posted 02 February 2014 - 02:07 PM
Dennis instead of exercise equipment and sweat its like a Gym for the noggin. A country club for geeks.
You should check it out if you have one close. I like it.
If its OK with Cheater I may infact start a topic on TechShop and post a video.
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"Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed, and sold to people you hate." Von Dutch [Kenneth R. Howard] 1929-1992
."If there is, in fact, a Heaven and a Hell, all we know for sure is that Hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Pheonix." Dr Hunter S Thompson 1937-2005
"Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?" - Jack Kerouac 1927-1969
"Hold my stones". Keith Stone
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"Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed, and sold to people you hate." Von Dutch [Kenneth R. Howard] 1929-1992
."If there is, in fact, a Heaven and a Hell, all we know for sure is that Hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Pheonix." Dr Hunter S Thompson 1937-2005
"Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?" - Jack Kerouac 1927-1969
"Hold my stones". Keith Stone
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Posted 02 February 2014 - 04:19 PM
We have three of them in the Bay Area and I did a tour so I'm sold on the concept just need to make sure I'll use it enough.
Dennis David
