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Artec 3D Scanning Results in Perfect Ear Implants for Microtia Patients

About one in every 8,000 children is born with microtia, a birth defect that causes a missing, or malformed, ear. For many years, surgeons have used auricular reconstruction to fix…

3D Printing Spotlight On: Vanessa Campanacho, PhD, Biological Anthropologist

Vanessa Campanacho is a well-educated woman with a love for bones; in fact, she has attained educational degrees and is able to spend her days doing research some of us…

3D Tech Eases Children’s Fears, Streamlines the Process During Ear Implant Procedure

Undergoing even a routine medical procedure can be unnerving, no matter your age. But for children, whose understanding of rules and confidence in strangers is just developing, it can be…

Scanning Birds to Save Birds: Artec 3D and Threeding Team Up Again For New Preservation Project

The number of endangered species on the planet continues to grow at an alarming rate, and over one thousand of those species are birds. The reasons are multitudinous – habitat destruction,…

Researchers Combine Robotics & Artec Spider for Unrivaled 3D Scanning of Complex Shapes

As the new year looms and the holiday season comes to a close, we’ve all had our share of wrapping gifts that were complicated in shape, sometimes with numerous angles…

What’s Better Than One Superhero? How About Two or Three or Four, Thanks to 3D Technology

Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman… the list goes on. There are literally hundreds of superheroes that children as young as 4 years old adore just as much as…