3D printing helps firms make parts. Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printer. 16 September 2011Last updated at 11:49 By Katia Moskvitch Technology reporter, BBC News Artificial blood vessels could help those in urgent need of an organ transplant Artificial blood vessels made on a 3D printer may soon be used for transplants of lab-created organs. Until now, the stumbling block in tissue engineering has been supplying artificial tissue with nutrients that have to arrive via capillary vessels. A team at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has solved that problem using 3D printing and a technique called multiphoton polymerisation.
The findings will be shown at the Biotechnica Fair in Germany in October. Out of thousands of patients in desperate need of an organ transplant there are inevitably some who do not get it in time. In Germany, for instance, more than 11,000 people have been put on an organ transplant waiting list in 2011 alone. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote End QuoteDr Gunter TovarFraunhofer Institute, Germany Elastic biomaterials.
Blogs. Software. DIY Print. 3D Print Companies (upload your design) A conversation on TED.com: The potentially massive impact of 3D printing on the economy and human life as a whole. Recycling 3D printing materials: 4 possible solutions. Last week in a comment, Paul asked me, “When will more eco and sustainable materials be available for use in these printers? Something like hemp plastic or other biodegradable materials? What are the technical limitations and who is working on them?” His question was a bit too big for a comment so I”mtrying to answer it here. Below I outline, very broadly, four mayor developments in recycling and 3D printing. These developments are: recycling existing 3D printing materials, using materials that are already recycled as 3D printing materials, bioplastics & recycling on location.
ABS- Recycling existing 3D printing materials ABS is one of the world’s most widely used 3D printing materials. Glass-Using materials that are already recycled as 3D printing materialsThe Vitraglyphic & Prometal glass 3D printing processes are also very promising. PLA- BioplasticsOne promising 3D printing material is PLA or polylactic acid. Glass image is property of Open3DP. Untitled. Navigation Watch a Brief Day Three Recap More Videos from 2014 Participant Testimonials More Testimonials from 2014 2014 Program Schedule 2014 Faculty About Exponential Medicine Past Event Photos Synthesis Videos Participant Testimonials Exponential Medicine Exponential Medicine is a four-day conference by Singularity University that brings together top experts to inform medical services leaders how technology is impacting healthcare and medicine. See our Program Agenda and 2014 Faculty. Follow Us Powered By VisitorEngage f.
All Eyes On 3d Printing And Manufacturing : Blog : GE Global Research. Blog : GE Global Research. Even though we grew up on opposite sides of the world, my colleague Prabhjot Singh in India, and I in Ohio, both of us had the same favorite toy as young boys, building blocks. Starting with a few simple shapes, we could build structures limited only by our imagination. First it was a house, then it was a factory, then it was baseball stadium, or was that a soccer park? We could build almost any solid shape just by adding the blocks by hand, one at a time, to the structure (and mixing in a little bit of imagination.)
After many years, and comments from our friends that we haven’t grown up, we find ourselves still imagining interesting structures and ”playing with blocks” to build things all over again. Every science student learns that the real “building blocks” that make up every structure are atoms and molecules. Prabhjot’s technical background focused on manufacturing technology. All of these imagers contain a transducer, which is the part that actually touches your body. 3D Printing: the future world is to be printed? Is this the right future technology that Schumacher will like and to include in the category of Appropriate Technologies?