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by Jim Ware | November 22, 2017 | General News, Medical
Patients needing heart transplants often wait more than six months. While on the waiting list, some patients visit transplant clinics every two to three months. Other patients are hospitalized during the waiting period so that they remain in satisfactory condition....
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by Kimberly Houston | November 15, 2017 | General News, Health
If you’re an avid follower of Health Tech news, you may know that 3D printing technology has been used to enhance health outcomes in a wide array of medical fields. One arena that has seen a lot of advances in the use of this technology is in the dental field....
by Kimberly Houston | November 2, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
3D printing has come a long way since it was first invented in 1983. When most of us think of 3D printers, we probably think of design applications and making “cool” things like musical instruments, iPhone cases, lights, printed fabrics, sculptures, tactile maps, and...
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by Jim Ware | October 16, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Researchers have made rapid advances in computer miniaturization, which makes it possible to develop smaller robot brains. Unfortunately, existing actuators remain bulky which limits the possibilities for smaller robots or intelligent prosthetic limbs. Existing...
![Hybrid 3D Printing Mixes Hard and Soft Components [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/09/Harvard-3D-printing.jpg?resize=600%2C274)
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...
