3D bioprinting is showing great promise for the future of dental surgery. With the recent partnership between two Singaporean institutes, the National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the focus has been…
UK-based company Brightwake has developed a new way of providing lifesaving blood to those who are in need of blood transfusions. Designed for those who don’t wish to have blood transfusions yet require them in…
The story of Richard van As and his Robohand continues to make national news. Richard van As was just another carpenter living his life and doing what he loved, until two years ago, while working…
3D printing technology has aided in a number of different surgeries over the past few months, allowing surgeons to print 3D models to help guide them through difficult surgeries and prepare them ahead of time…
3D printing technology is now being used to further cancer research. Using 3D printers, researchers have made a tumor-like lump of cancerous cells. Researchers say that this lump resembles natural cancer more closely than the…
With 3D printing making major advances in the medical field, scientists are now hoping to create a 3D printed heart with human cells. The process would eliminate the need for donors, as well as make…
This just might be the closest we can get to actually visualizing human emotions. Artist Ion Popian has taken mind mapping to a whole new level, combining technology that maps emotions with 3D printing to…
Jon Fenton and his fiancé Rachel West were vacationing in Barcelona last summer when tragedy struck. Jon, who was then just 27, slipped and fell off the four-story hotel balcony – crushing every bone in…
3D printing is once again changing surgery. This time it’s being used to manufacture tiny implants with a memory function, or complex shapes, like the ear’s cochlea. Up until now, inserting an ear implant into…
3D printing is creating new and exciting possibilities in the field of medicine. With 3D printing, replacement surgical implants are becoming available on demand and assisting in many lifesaving surgeries. Most recently, 3D printing was…