As amazing as the human body is, it’s unfortunately not as amazing as e.g. axolotl bodies are, in the sense that they can regrow entire limbs and more. This has left us humans with the ...

When 75-year-old grandfather Dave Richards began a bike ride with friends in July 2021, he expected nothing more than a pleasant afternoon. But in a few chaotic seconds, his life changed forever. A ...

A cyclist injured by a drunk driver is the first to benefit from a unique NHS body parts printing centre – that built him a printed 3D face. Dave Richards, 75, was ‘lucky to survive’ the crash which ...

Three-dimensional printing is transforming medical care, letting the health care field shift from mass-produced solutions to customized treatments tailored to each patient’s needs. For instance, ...

Britt Young, writer and lecturer at UC Berkeley, explains why 3D printing has not brought down costs of prosthetic limbs.

The grandfather of four lost his eye amid severe burns on his face and suffered physical trauma to his body Half of Richards' face was severely damaged and he would “not expose myself to social ...

Around ten years ago, fantastic media coverage of 3D printing dramatically increased expectations for the technology. A particular darling of that coverage was the use of 3D-printing for prosthetic ...

When Peregrine Hawthorn breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one. The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned ...

A consortium led by HP seeking to accelerate adoption of 3D printing in orthotics and prosthetics achieved a major milestone this week with the announcement that the technology has been recognized by ...

Engineers from the AMRC’s Design and Prototyping Group (DPG) have responded to the national call to produce more personal protective equipment for healthcare workers by using technologies such as 3D ...

He also received full-thickness burns to the side of his face, including his eye, nose and part of his neck. During his recovery, he was referred to Reconstructive Prosthetics, which has just opened ...

Daniel Freedman has received funding related to 3D printing from IBM, Braskem and Mediprint and is affiliated with the Stratasys Educational Community Advisory Board. Anne Schmitz does not work for, ...