Organ Transplants From 3D Printers?
A pioneering regenerative medicine specialist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre, Dr Anthony Atala, may have unearthed a solution for the future. He has discovered a way for 3D printers to print organs, which he hopes will help save the lives of transplant patients in the future.
3D Printers used to Create Robot Spiders – Design to Save Lives
In our latest article about how 3D printers are being used to save lives, the Fraunhofer Institute have announced how they have designed a robotic spider using a 3D printer which they hope will be deployed in areas where humans cannot go. The relatively inexpensive robot has been created based on the design of a real spider.
Inkjet Printers to be used to Save the Lives of Servicemen?
It’s the turn of the humble inkjet printer to save lives, in particular the lives of servicemen and soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and numerous civilians. Designnews.com have reported that scientists from The Georgia Institute Of Technology have designed a wireless sensor device that can detect even minute traces of the key chemical ingredients used in the manufacturing of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
Ground Control To Major Tamarin – Iran to send a monkey into space?
The Associated Foreign Press (AFP) have recently reported a story about Iran’s attempts to send a monkey into space aboard one of it’s newly developed Kavoshgar-5 space rockets. The project was unveiled in February by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the rocket was launched sometime in the last month.