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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by jwp23 on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @08:23PM (#20521507)
I have a friend whose son was born with a partial hand. They were able to use 3D printing to make a prosthetic that was cheap enough they could make new ones as he grew. IIRC, they could do themes such as iron man for the prosthetic.
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by ineedasername on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:42AM (#20526335)
I love it! In some ways these printers are only begining to exit the novelty phase (I mean the consumer versions) and already there's a minor explosion in exiting uses for them. An exciting time!
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by pabloarteel on Thursday July 25, 2019 @04:16AM (#20523577)
Do they have photos, video or info to share? Would be really interesting to see it working, sounds awesome.
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by jwp23 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:05PM (#20530257)
I found out because they shared on Facebook. I would normally not share it, but apparently his experience was shared on the news. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/stories/3d_griffin.html
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by sprafa on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:48PM (#20521923)
That’s super cool
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Re:Teenager can walk again thanks to Dutch 3D printed spinal... by lcrc123 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:59AM (#20523265)
that is awesome!
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