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Affordable prosthetics in Africa made possible by 3D printingMerel van der Stelt, student of Technical Medicine at the UT, and surgical resident Lars Brouwers are setting up a crowd-funding project for a 3D-Lab at the Masanga Hospital in Sierra Leone. Their objective: Affordable prosthetics in Africa. They do this in collaboration with the Technical Medicine department at the University of Twente and under the supervision of the 3D-Lab at Radboudumc. The 3D-Lab will manufacture affordable high-quality prosthetics, splints and braces using 3D printing technology. Merel van der Stelt is currently doing an internship at the 3D-Lab at Radboudumc. Lars Brouwers works at the Elizabeth Tweesteden Hospital (ETZ) in Tilburg and is a co-founder of this 3D-Lab. The minimum required funding of 6000 euros must be achieved by 9 October 2019.
Thu 12 Sep 2019
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World's first metal 3D-printed bridge at UT campus for test phaseThe Netherlands will be testing the first metal 3D-printed bridge in the world. Plans are to insert this bridge in its permanent location in Amsterdam at the start of 2020. The Dutch company MX3D produced the bridge after a design by Joris Laarman Lab in collaboration with lead engineer Arup. They used ground-breaking robot technology for 3D printing. The bridge is remarkable thanks to both the revolutionary production method and its innovative design process. University of Twente, together with Imperial College London, will carry out the final construction tests. The bridge arrived by special transport at the UT campus and is placed near the de Horst building.
Wed 11 Sep 2019
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