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A surprising use of 3D printing has been in creating life-like models of human body parts using MRI or CT scans. Surgeons and other medical professionals can use models to plan procedures or assist in research.
March 1, 2018
Bioelasticity is the measure of stretchability of our body’s tissues and organs. And it is leading a wave of promising biological and medical research. Elastic fibres are present everywhere in the body and help us with vital activities including breathing and eating. Pinch your skin and, depending on your age, it will snap back quickly […]
January 8, 2017
About a year ago, Autodesk showed off one of the most innovative filament printers in recent memory. Project Escher is your basic Cartesian filament printer, but with a twist: it has five heads.
April 27, 2016
Robotic Glockenspiel plays Popcorn Canadian James Cochrane created a beautiful prototype for this robotic glockenspiel player built out of solenoids, wooden dowels, paperclips and elastic bands. But this is a completely different bag of computer chips, using servos, an Arduino Uno, MIDI shield and Adafruit’s 16 channel I2C servo driver. “My next project is to […]
February 7, 2016
This week we trawl the net for interesting digital bits and find ourselves in animal territory with a full scale 3D printed elephant and some shaky cats in super Slo-Mo. In 2014 World Animal Protection’s Dutch team undertook a project asking people to sign an online pledge never to ride an elephant. Tourist shows and […]
January 24, 2016
One of the most intriguing companies working in the north east’s virtual reality scene is Spearhead Interactive – an innovative business combining emerging technology and creative thought. Spearhead Interactive is not a normal VR company, says founder Dan Riley. If you wanted to categorise it you might call it an agency. Crucially, it solves business […]
October 2, 2015
Programmable materials are a clever matter. Any material that can change state, shape or optical properties also has the power to change the world around it. In 2013 the programmable materials pioneer Skylar Tibbits presented a TED talk on the birth of 4D printing. While 3D printing may be making waves in industries from house […]
August 28, 2015
One of the soft spots of 3D printing technology is the warping or lack of adhesion in extruded plastic models. Are heated build plates the answer? In the spirit of true enquiry (and a little self promotion), Californian 3D print ‘farmers’ SD3D decided to test the heat distribution on the plates of several popular printers. […]
July 22, 2015
3D print appears constantly suspended on the verge of breaking through to popular everyday use, but as the quality of print increases, so too will its use says formwurx founder Jason Spiller. Industrial manufacturing and the world of online art and jewellery are well-established markets for 3D printed objects: everything from titanium bone implants and […]
July 13, 2015
Indie film-makers and drone dabblers are sure to be rubbing their hands together with the introduction of the Micro Drone 3.0, a palm-sized flier that brings fun cam possibilities and pro features. Drone shooting has provided camera operators and film makers the perfect way to achieve low cost aerial shots that were previously only possible […]
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