Wales
LIMB-Art: Using HP Technology to Create Stylish 3D Printed Prosthetic Leg Covers
UK design and manufacturing company LIMB-Art creates what it calls “cool” prosthetic leg covers using 3D printing. The company, headquartered in North Wales, was founded last year by Mark Williams, a former…
First 3D Printed Chest Implant in Wales Carried Out at Morriston Hospital
71-year-old Peter Maggs of Wales had no idea he had cancer when he went to the doctor for what he thought was a cyst in his chest. There was no…
Welsh Medical Team Combines Bone Grafts and 3D Printing for Patient-Specific Jaw Reconstruction
Last year, researchers at the Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Wales introduced the ADEPT (Additive-manufacture for Design-led Efficient Patient Treatment) project, which was designed for patients suffering from diseases or significant…
Professor of Microfluidics Discusses 3D Printing Benefits and Possible Future Improvements with Ultimaker
A lab-on-a-chip is pretty self-explanatory: it’s a miniature laboratory that is printed onto a microchip. But for the past 25 years, Professor David Barrow of Cardiff University in Wales has studied microfluidics, which…
3D Printing Helped Welsh Professor to Develop Award-Winning Trauma Simulator for Military Surgeons
People can train for war and disaster – that’s what they do in the military, after all, and in the fields of emergency response and medicine. No matter how much…
Renishaw Opens New Healthcare Centre for Excellence, Featuring Production Facility for 3D Printed Medical Devices
Renishaw is one of those companies that seems to be everywhere in the additive manufacturing world. The global corporation has been involved in everything from aerospace to yacht construction, but one…
Welsh Researchers 3D Print Cartilage; Full Ear and Nose Transplants May Be Only 3 Years Away
3D printing has thoroughly overhauled the prosthetics industry. We write about 3D printed prosthetic devices all the time, as they become cheaper, more functional, more attractive and overall better. What…
3D Printed Knee Replacement Surgery Enables 85-year-old Woman to Walk Again
For the past five years, Irene Griffiths has not been able to walk unaided. It’s something that faces many people as they age: her spirit simply outpaced her knees. When…
A Very, Very Close Look at 3D Printing Filaments — Via Scanning Electron Microscope
Vic Harkness is a full-time student in Wales studying for a degree in AI and Robotics, and she also enjoys falconry, photography, and 3D printers. In fact, she sells a…
Novel Material ‘Celleron’ Could Revolutionize 3D Bioprinting for Regenerative Medicine
Over recent months there have been an increasing number of advances in biomedical-related 3D printing technologies. We have already seen many incredible ways in which 3D printing has been able…
Formula One Pit Crews Embrace 3D Printed Noise Cancelling Earpieces From Minerva Hearing
The sound of a racing motor at full throttle is a singularly powerful noise. While changes in Formula One motors, from V8s to the turbocharged 1.6-liter V6 motors of this…
3D Technology and Expert Collaboration Save a Patient’s Sight
It’s not an exaggeration to proclaim that 3D technology is saving lives. Aside from being an incredibly fascinating technology, additive manufacturing and accompanying technology like 3D scanning and modeling are…
3D Printed “Black Chair” Replica Honoring Welsh Poet Hedd Wyn Unveiled Yesterday in Wales
As the eldest of eleven children, Ellis Humphrey Evans was meant for a life as a Welsh sheep farmer, but his days played out in an entirely different manner with…
Drumlord’s 3D Printed “Black Chair” Blends Modern and Traditional Building to Replicate Historical Bardic Chair
3D printing’s intricate design potential has been realized in many artistic designs and projects already too numerous to count. I personally love any detail, craftsmanship, and design that announces that…
Researchers in the UK are Combining Supercomputing and 3D Printing to Create a Safer Bike Helmet
As roads become more congested, fuel prices rise, and the environmental impact of fossil fuels begins taking its toll on this planet, there is an ever increasing populous turning to…
