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3D Printing a More Efficient Food Supply Chain with Wakati

According to the United Nations, 45% of fruit and vegetables spoil before they reach the market, squandering almost half of the labor and investments. Instead of trying to double production, an inventive young Belgian product developer decided to tackle the root cause: storage!

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Using 3D Technology to Help a Man Get Back on the Waves

Through the help of specialized surgical planning and guiding tools from Materialise, Koen was able to make a full recovery after suffering from a long battle with lateral compartment arthritis in his knee.

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3D-Printed Congenital Heart Defect Models for Pre-Surgical Planning

Congenital heart defects affect eight out of every one thousand newborns. This case explored the feasibility of using a 3D-printed, patient-specific, compliant model of a patient’s heart anatomy for pre-surgical planning.

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Wearable Tech Just Got Smarter: Anouk Wipprecht's Intel Edison-powered, 3D-printed “Synapse Dress” Logs Your Mood

By embedding Intel Edison, Anouk Wipprecht created "Synapse", a 3D-printed smart dress based on biosensors that takes user experience to the next level.

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3D Printing Belgium’s First Face Transplant

A surgical team* led by Prof. Phillip Blondeel at the University Hospital of Ghent successfully performed Belgium’s first full face transplant thanks to patient-specific planning and 3D Printing.

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Young Girl Can Breathe Easy Thanks to the Mimics Innovation Suite

Dr. Vos and his team turned to advanced functional respiratory imaging, using the Mimics Innovation Suite and flow simulations to gain insight into the medical condition with reduced lung capacity.

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Steering the June Race Car to the Finish Line

Combining functionality, price, and aesthetics into one outstanding race car steering wheel, students at Formula Group T showed contest judges just what 3-matic can do.

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NewBorn Heart Rate Sensor: 3D Printing to Reduce Infant Mortality

A baby’s breathing needs to be watched closely after birth but traditional methods make continuous monitoring difficult. Laerdal Medical called on Materialise to help create a life-saving solution.

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Mechanical Growth Modulation for Scoliosis Correction

Dr. Newton from Rady Children’s Hospital proposes a mechanical tether to redirect spinal growth in scoliosis patients as an alternative to spinal fusion.

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Cornell University Swaps Horses

Cornell University revolutionizes horse airway scanning using Mimics Innovation Suite’s Remesh technology and reduces file preparation time from several weeks to only two days!

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Breaking New Ground in Ecological Architecture

The search is on for construction methods which are light in energy consumption as well as in the use of materials. Help might come from the fungus farming termites’ ingenious mound structures.

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The Ultimate Virtual Crash Test Dummy

Researchers at Wake Forest University are using computational human body models of the whole human body that can be employed in the fields of injury prediction, anatomical instructions, and ergonomics studies.

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