The Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s HHS IDEA Lab has announced the seventh cohort of teams selected for the HHS Ignite Accelerator. The HHS Ignite Accelerator is a program that spurs innovative problem-solving across the Department by encouraging and enabling HHS staff (at all levels) to experiment with novel means for addressing key Departmental challenges...
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BrainWriter Helps Graffiti Artist Suffering From ALS To Draw Using OPENBCI
Josh Pate | NEUROGADGET | September 16, 2014
...The Eyewriter was an open source wearable eye tracker that gave Tempt back the creative outlet he had lost. The system was able to trace Tempt’s eye movements and project them onto the side of a building...
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Building Research Equipment with Free, Open-Source Hardware
Joshua M. Pearce | Science Magazine | September 14, 2012
Most experimental research projects are executed with a combination of purchased hardware equipment, which may be modified in the laboratory and custom single-built equipment fabricated inhouse. However, the computer software that helps design and execute experiments and analyze data has an additional source... Read More »
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Can Open Source Hardware Movement Be Used To Realize Low Cost Educational Robots?
SK Gupta | Pursuit of Unorthodox Ideas | April 5, 2013
Robots are expensive! A simple robot arm costs more than ten thousand dollars. On the other hand, a state-of-the-art dish washer costs less than a thousand dollars. These two are not significantly different in terms of size or complexity, so what is the reason for such a large difference in their prices? Read More »
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Canadian Firm Develops 'Open Source' Hydroponics System
Sam Varghese | iT Wire | October 6, 2014
A Canadian 3D printing company has devised a hydroponics system which it calls 3Dponics, using some parts which are printed on a 3D printer and others which are commonly available...
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Cartilage Made Easy With Novel Hybrid Printer
Press Release |
Institute of Physics |
November 22, 2012
The printing of 3D tissue has taken a major step forward with the creation of a novel hybrid printer that simplifies the process of creating implantable cartilage. Read More »
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China’s Plan To Survive The 3D-Printing Revolution: Own The Market
Leo Mirani | Nextgov | June 4, 2013
If 3D printing will up-end manufacturing as we know it, and if China is home to the world’s largest and most successful manufacturing industry, it ought to stand to reason that if—or when—3D printing eventually goes mainstream, China’s manufacturing will suffer, right? Some people certainly think so. Read More »
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DIY Lab Technique to Revolutionise Training for Neuroscientists
Press Release |
University of Sussex |
August 1, 2017
A team of international researchers have come up with an inexpensive way to self-manufacture lab equipment, which could revolutionise the way neuroscientists across the world are trained. In a study published in the open access journal PLOS Biology, Dr Tom Baden from Sussex Neuroscience and André Maia Chagas, from the University of Tübingen, have devised a new imaging and microscope system called “FlyPi”. The equipment needed for modern neuroscience experiments can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of pounds, which often means only institutions in rich countries can undertake top-level research and scientific training...
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EnvisionTEC Launches Two New In-Vivo Medical-grade Materials that Make 3D Printing Parts for Implantation in Humans Safe
Press Release |
EnvisionTEC |
April 23, 2018
EnvisionTEC today launches two new medical-grade materials that make 3D printing parts for implantation in humans safe and easy on its bioprinters. UV Silicone 60A MG, shown here, is a ready-to-print liquid silicone appropriate for microfluidics, wound dressings and more. EnvisionTEC also launched a biodegradable PCL polyester for use with its 3D-Bioplotter printers.
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Global 3D Printing In Medical Applications Market Is Expected To Reach USD 965.5 Million In 2019: Transparency Market Research
Press Release |
Transparency Market Research |
September 30, 2013
Transparency Market Research published new "3D Printing in Medical Applications Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019" market research report to its report store. Browse the report with TOC....
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Hardware Startups: Don't Be Scared, Share!
Mathilde Berchon | EE Times | March 26, 2014
A few days ago, I received an email that was full of mystery. It was short but intriguing. Jonathan, its author, was telling me about a great product he was working on. He needed advice on how to get started and take his prototype to the next stage.
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How 3D Printing Will Rebuild Reality
Steven Ashley | Boing Boing | June 10, 2013
When Star Trek debuted in the mid-60s, everybody geeked out about the food synthesizers. [...] Years later, I wasn’t the only one craving the replicators of Star Trek:The Next Generation for my home workshop... Read More »
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How A $100 3D-Printed Arm Is Saving The Children Of Sudan
Julie Bort | SF Gate | January 7, 2014
A company called Not Impossible Labs has come up with one of the best uses for 3D printer technology we've ever heard of: printing low-cost prosthetic arms for people, mainly children, who have lost limbs in the war-torn country of Sudan. Read More »
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How Project Daniel Is Crafting Prosthetic Limbs With 3D Printers
Danielle Restuccia | VOXXI | April 7, 2014
Project Daniel is a rare beacon of light in the otherwise war-torn area of South Sudan: researchers recently pioneered 3D printing as a means of building prosthetic arms for child amputees. According to the official press release, Project Daniel—which is funded by Not Impossible, LLC—opened the “world’s first 3D-printing prosthetic lab and training facility” in the Nuba Mountain region of Sudan.
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How the Open Source Makers Revolution is Continuing…
Dan Thornton | The Way of the Web.Net | June 29, 2012
If you’re not considering ways to be involved with open source hardware and software, and the implications it has, then you might find you’re not only being left behind by competitors, but by your customers… Read More »
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Ignite Accelerator Announces 14 Teams Selected for the Seventh Round of the Internal Innovation Training Program
Press Release |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
August 9, 2017
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