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According to The Creators Project, the Smithsonian has over 137 million pieces in its collection, but only enough room to display about two per cent of them. So it’s turning to 3D printing to share as much as it can.
Palaeontologists are working on building giant robot dinosaurs out of 3D-printed bones. For science. Short of finding a mosquito trapped in amber and opening an ill-fated velociraptor-laden theme park, that’s the coolest possible way to study dinosaurs.
If dental hygiene isn’t high on your priorities, don’t worry: now you can just print a new set of teeth. Last year, an 83-year-old woman had her entire lower jaw replaced with a 3D printed replica.
Thingiverse user Brian Beebe created this fantastic wire stripping tool that uses a simple electric circuit and a couple of razor blades so you always know when to stop cutting.
When you shatter your kneecap, the surgeon may use an implanted scaffold to coax your bones to knit back together properly. But what happens to the scaffold once you’re healed? With this new system, the scaffold just melts away.
Advances in modern prosthetic technology are quickly redefining what constitutes a “disability”. Our friends at Oobject have compiled nine of the latest cutting-edge limb replacements in existence.
As the printed word gives way to digital distribution, libraries must change in both form and function in order to remain relevant in the internet age. One New York book repository has taken the lead in this effort by installing the country’s first “maker’s space” within a public library.
Unmanned reconnaissance is all the rage these days, if you happen to be paranoid ex-military or on the extreme side of Facebook stalking. Regardless of the source of your psychosis, you’d probably get your hardware from Cyber Technology, a Western Australia-based company that manufacturers the cyberQuad MINI UAV shown above.
