by Bruce Brown | May 23, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Tattoos and 3D printing feature surprisingly often in wearable health tech. Early wearables typically involved wristbands, headbands, pendants, or smartphone accessories equipped with biosensors, wireless data transmission capability, and software to collect, analyze,...
by Bruce Brown | January 15, 2018 | General News, Medical
In the past two decades, 3D printing progressed from plastic novelties to prototype parts to wide-ranging additive manufacturing applications. Today, for example, GE Aviation is already producing FAA approved parts for aircraft engines. The health and wellness...
by Alfred Poor | September 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Digital electronics are made possible by the transistor, the integrated circuit, and the printed circuit board. They have revolutionized our lives in ways that we cannot even recognize. But they have one characteristic that is a major obstacle as we advance to...
by Bruce Brown | April 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
3D printing promises biomedical possibilities as researchers discover new applications with various source materials. We’ve written about “printing” 3D body parts with stem cells at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Researchers in South Korea have...
by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year approximately 1,500 babies in the United States are born with upper limb reductions and about 750 are born with lower limb reductions. While every incident is significant, the relatively low...