Steve Warz from London became the first person to have an eye transplanted with a 3D printer. He underwent surgery at Moorfields Specialized Hospital in the UK. Writes about this BBC. Doctors hope this eye will be more realistic than traditional acrylic dentures. AND…
Minsk programmer Oleg Galtsev created an electromechanical hand prosthesis for his father, which was almost 20 times cheaper than its analog. All components for the prosthesis can be 3D printed. For about two years now, two Minsk specialists have been working on the artificial brush: Oleg Galtsev is responsible for programming ...
28-year-old model Rebeca Marin with a bionic arm prosthesis will take part in one of the shows as part of New York Fashion Week. A girl with a congenital absence of her right arm, wearing a bionic prosthesis, will take to the catwalk during a fashion show in New York on September 13, according to Mashable. ...
In the United States, a little girl named Avery from Oklahoma with an amputated leg in infancy was banned from riding water slides. The local water park said that the prosthesis worn by the child could scratch the slides. The girl's parents were outraged by such discrimination. Despite the fact that…
On April 20, Boston hosted the 119th annual marathon - the second in a row after the bloody terrorist attack, which was staged at the 2013 marathon by the Tsarnaev brothers. This year it was attended by Rebecca Gregory - the victim of those explosions, one of those ...
Actor Robert Downey Jr. presented the prosthesis to a seven-year-old boy, Alex, who was born without part of his right arm. The prosthesis was designed as part of the Iron Man costume. At a meeting with Alex, Downey Jr. showed two "hands" from the suit: one for the boy and one for himself. However, later it turned out that the actor ...