3d printed prosthetics
by Sarah Saunders | Jul 10, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
This winter, we learned the heartwarming origin story of the e-NABLE Turkey chapter, also known as Robotel Türkiye, from volunteer Zeynep Karagöz, originally with Istanbul-based design team 5 dakika. Karagöz first contacted the e-NABLE volunteer organization in 2014,... 
by Clare Scott | Jul 5, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Many people have, at one time or another, wished for an extra set of hands to do everything they need to get done, or to carry loads of items. Royal College of Art graduate Dani Clode might not be able to fulfill that wish, but she can give you the next best thing... 
by Charles Goulding | Jun 18, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing
A prosthetic is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part. The most commonly known type of prosthetic is limb prostheses, but other types such as craniofacial prostheses and intra-oral prostheses help people as well. Those who benefit from prosthetics... 
by Clare Scott | Jun 13, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing
When Tilly Lockey was 17 months old, she developed meningitis. She recovered, but she lost both of her hands – but the UK girl, now 11, refuses to see that as a tragedy. Rather, she sees herself as a superhero, and that attitude is helped by her 3D printed,... 
by Clare Scott | Jun 9, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
The Irish Retriever Rescue (IRR) is a collaboration between dog lovers in the UK and Ireland who are committed to rescuing abandoned, unwanted or abused golden retrievers. More than 100 dogs are rehomed by this charity every year, and one special dog currently living... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jun 7, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
From 3D printed animal prosthetics and 3D printed prosthetics for children and adults to bringing 3D printed prosthetics to under-served areas…every time I hear a new story about the e-NABLE volunteer community, it warms my heart. Even if you don’t have... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 27, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
When I was in elementary school many years ago, a good friend of mine was injured when one of the fingers on her right hand accidentally got smashed in her family minivan’s sliding door. It was near the end of the school year, but we still had plenty of homework... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 26, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printed Art, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
When it comes to medical applications for advanced technologies, the tech itself is remarkable — but is by no stretch the full story. It’s about the patient. By keeping human needs in focus, medical advances benefit not only the latest lab equipment but... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
3D printing technology has been used to make a difference all over the world, including developing countries like the Dominican Republic. Hundreds of Dominicans who work in the country’s sugar cane fields lose limbs every year because of machete accidents.... 
by Joris Peels | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
E-NABLE, Create Orthotics and others have shown us the value of 3D printed prosthetics. Desktop 3D printers allow for the creation of low-cost personalized prosthetics, even traditionally high-cost bionic prosthetics. The problem with prosthetics has always been that... 
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | May 1, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Robotics
Amidst an explosion of 3D innovation, 3D hardware, software and more, many users have now too become engaged in the study of materials. While 3D printing with plastic is still extremely common, we’ve now seen more alternative materials than we can count, from... 
by Joseph Young | Apr 29, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
NEU Robotics Lab and the 3D Laboratories of Near East University, an international higher education institution based in Turkey, led a collaborative project to create 3D printed prosthetic hands that could potentially be used commercially in the future. Engineers and... 
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Apr 25, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
Everyone should have the opportunity to make music. This is a skill that not only offers the same happiness we feel in listening, but also challenges and stimulates the brain. The violin is known to be one of the more challenging instruments to play, and children are... 
by Sarah Saunders | Apr 17, 2017 | 3D Printing, Education, Medical 3D Printing
When Latasha Morris was about seven months pregnant with her son Dontavius, who is now 14, her doctor noticed that he wasn’t moving from side to side in the womb. It was soon discovered that an amniotic band had gotten wrapped around her son’s arm, which... 
by Sarah Saunders | Apr 11, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printed Art, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
In today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll talk about new 3D printing material colors, an industrial fair, how 3D printing technology was used to build brain models, a plant health product, and a carbon positive ceramic bowl, and then wrap things... 
by Sarah Saunders | Apr 7, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printed Art, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology, Virtual Reality
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, medical technology firm axial3D has secured over £530,000 in seed funding, while four University of Bristol graduates are on their way to China with their Omni Invent maker machine. Hawk 3D Proto and Magicfirm Europe AB... 
by Clare Scott | Apr 7, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
Seven percent of the population of Zimbabwe has some form of disability, which amounts to 900,000 people. That’s according to Bo Simango, a Zimbabwe native who now works with an initiative based at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) in Canada. Simango... 
by Hannah Rose Mendoza | Apr 5, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
When retired US Marine Dan Lasko of Bethlehem, PA served in Afghanistan, his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) and he lost the lower part of his left leg. Thanks to advances in prosthetic technologies made over the past decade, this hasn’t stopped... 
by Clare Scott | Apr 4, 2017 | 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
Portland, Maine is home to AtlanticProCare, which specializes in personalized prosthetics for people who have lost either upper or lower limbs, as well as in scoliosis treatment. Founded in 1993, the company has been helping patients across New England for more than... 
by Sarah Saunders | Mar 31, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Science & Technology
Happy Friday! In today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with business in the front and medical 3D printing in the back, with the Women Startup Challenge Europe and post-processing in the middle. 3DS added two new members to its Board of... 
by Sarah Saunders | Mar 14, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Medical 3D Printing
3D printing orthotic and prosthetic manufacturer Create O&P, based in New York, hit the 3D printing headlines this summer when it made the first medical-grade 3D printed arm for a survivor of the Haiti earthquake, and soon after introduced the Create 3400, the... 
by Hannah Rose Mendoza | Mar 7, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing, Robotics
There’s hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear a story of the advances that are being made in 3D printed prosthetic limbs. Organizations such as e-NABLE and others are continually pushing the boundaries in efforts to help people, most especially children,... 
by Hannah Rose Mendoza | Mar 2, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education, Medical 3D Printing
When I was a kid, eons ago, I got a toy that was a plastic grabber on the end of a stick, controlled by squeezing or releasing a whole hand trigger in the handle. I was, as you can no doubt imagine, super cool. This grabber gave me the capacity to easily pick up, and... 
by Clare Scott | Mar 1, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing
When Sol Ryan was born, there were some complications. He would be okay, but doctors ended up having to amputate his lower left arm, leaving him with about an inch of his lower arm remaining. His parents were told that he would have to wait a year before he could be... 
by Sarah Saunders | Feb 7, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Medical 3D Printing
We always enjoy writing about the vast network of volunteers that make up the global e-NABLE community, who collaborate to make free 3D printed prosthetic hands available to the people who need them, whether they’re donating money and supplies through the... 
by Sarah Saunders | Jan 30, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing
In early 2016, Dubai implemented its 3D Printing Strategy, as part of a directive given by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. It introduced a multi-tiered plan, focused on construction, medical... 
