3d printed assistive devices
Open Source Everything: Assist in Everything with 3D Printing
In a previous post in this series, we looked at the opportunities related to open source assistive devices, often small and novel objects that can be 3D printed cheaply. Unique…
Open Source Everything: 3D Print Your Own Assistive Device
Professors Joshua Pearce and Jacob Reeves worked with student Anita So to make an open source walker. It’s a customizable device, whereby the joints are 3D printed on desktop machines…
3D Printing News Briefs, July 8, 2021: Sintavia, 6K, Nexa3D, Marotta Controls, CRP Technology, HILOS, Angled, ETH Zurich, Jalopnik
In today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting off with some business and then moving on to materials and some cool 3D printed items, like shoes and assistive…
3D Printed Assistive Tech: Printlab & Autodesk Announce make:able Challenge Winners
Last year, UK-based 3D printing curriculum developer PrintLab and 3D software company Autodesk partnered up to launch an annual 3D printing design challenge for students, called make:able, that’s focused on…
B9Creations & Black Hills Works Partner to 3D Print Customized Assistive Devices
Headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota, with additional offices in Dallas, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, professional 3D printing solutions provider B9 Creations has supported such big-name companies as Procter &…
Make:able Challenge: Design & 3D Print Assistive Technology for the Disabled
Service bureau PrintLab is partnering with Autodesk for an exciting new competition for schools. The make:able challenge represents what should be a remarkable technological journey for students and teachers as…
The Role of Occupational Therapists in 3D Printing & DIY Assistive Technology
Researchers from Belgium and The Netherlands offer the details of their recent study ‘Makers in Healthcare: The Role of Occupational Therapists in the Design of DIY Assistive Technology,’ exploring the…
Eastern Kentucky University Thesis: 3D Printing for Adaptive Devices in Occupational Therapy
Amber K. Willett has submitted a thesis to the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at Eastern Kentucky University, exploring the potential for 3D printers as a tool for…
Amin Hasani’s Blue Heart Hero Makes Custom 3D Printed Assistive Devices for Amputees
Amin Hasani is the designer behind the Havenlabs utility band. Havenlabs is a nonprofit that aims to use 3D printing to aid veterans. Designer Amin now wants to take a…
3D Printed Splints & Braces: Just As Effective & Comfortable, Cheaper & Faster to Make
University of Nebraska researcher James Pierce has delved further into the potential for 3D printed assistive devices in ‘Efficacy of Assistive Devices Produced with Additive Manufacturing.’ He begins by stating…
Project Nitrous Uses 3D Printing to Help People with Disabilities In Egypt
In 2016, Mohamed El-Hossary and Ahmed Mohsen were running a 3D printing service and marketplace called Etba3ly. When they decided to attend a Maker Faire, things changed for them. At…
Customizable 3D Printed Contactors Give Disabled People Access to Technology
3D printing has become an invaluable way of helping people with disabilities. It’s an inexpensive method of creating assistive devices that can be easily personalized to the user, and many…
Winston-Salem State University Explores 3D Printing for Occupational Therapy
In the medical world, 3D printing is becoming widespread over various fields and sectors, including occupational therapy. As an example, several medical professionals are discovering that 3D printed splints or…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 15, 2018
We’re covering news from the medical and automotive worlds in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, along with a few other stories to get you into the weekend. In Taiwan, ITRI…
Russian Amputee Uses 3D Printed Lever to Set New World Record in Deep Sea Diving
3D printing is often called upon to help create assistive devices and prosthetics, so that people with disabilities and amputated limbs can still participate in the activities they enjoy. Earlier…
Makers for Heroes Make-a-Thon Uses 3D Printing to Help Veterans Get Their Lives Back
A 33-year-old veteran named Zarita used to love to dance, but since her injury in a car accident on the way to her duty station, she has suffered from dizziness…
3D Printing in Point of Care Manufacturing
Manufacturing is evolving, taking new forms enabled by additive manufacturing/3D printing (AM3DP). For medicine, AM3DP has fueled a rise in point-of-care (POC) manufacturing, improving the patient, and turning doctors into…
Students Use 3D Printing to Help Veterans Do What They Love Again
Among the things Richard Tuttle missed the most after he lost the use of his legs was gardening. The veteran was paralyzed after falling 14 feet while deconstructing an old…
Tough 3D Printing Puts Outdoorsy Spin on Rugged Icon Wheelchairs
Today, it often seems like anything should be possible with the advanced technology so many researchers, inventors, and designers have at their fingertips. And many innovations are allowing the disabled…
Shiro Studio’s 3D Printed Walking Stick is Both Attractive and Comfortable
Many people have to rely on walking sticks to get around, due to injury, illness or advanced age. Very few people, if any, however, are happy about relying on walking…
Make to Care 2017 Contest Calls for Projects, Finalists to Attend Maker Faire Rome
While the Make to Care contest is one that instills a sense of healthy competition in young creators around the world—as well as inspiring them to innovate—it is also one…
3D Printing to Learn: Winners Announced for Envision the Future Design Challenge
After the stunning success of the Within Reach 3D Design Challenge brought about impressive winning designs in 2016, e-NABLE, MatterHackers, and Pinshape wanted to keep going, and see what would happen with…
Human-Computer Interaction Institute 3D Prints Special Prosthesis for Young Cello Player
According to the Wohlers Report 2016, the 3D printing industry was over $5.1 billion back in 2015, and it’s continued to grow into the $10 billion a year industry it is…
Envision the Future: Design a 3D Printed Educational Model for the Visually Impaired
Last year, a large team effort was launched by the 3D printing community to help one woman. The Within Reach 3D Design Challenge, led by MatterHackers, e-NABLE, Pinshape and Ultimaker, challenged…
