It’s a creation from engineers at the Universities of Seville and Huelva. Using a low cost plastic material called PLA, they have built with 3D impressions the prototype of a system which can treat bone fractures in the limbs. It’s an alternative to the traditional casts. Facing this, Skin 3D is waterproof, which is useful […]
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More employment in Polígono Sur through 3D printing using recycled plastic
3D Impact is a new co-op in one of Sevilla’s most depressed areas in the city, Polígono Sur. They recycle plastic to convert it into filaments for 3D printers. In this way, whatever shape they create is automatically a recycled object. They are now working on a way to selectively collect plastic in order to […]
A hand for Iki: 3D printing of low cost prostheses with an international solidarity movement
Federico Coca is a teacher at the Virgen de las Nieves High School in Granada; but he is also a member of the ‘Enabling the future’ global network, which creates low cost prostheses using 3D printers for a good cause. Federico has manufactured one of these hands for Iki, a seven year old boy who lives […]
Printing toys in 3D so no child is left without a toy in Christmas
‘Imprimiendo sonrisas‘ (or ‘Printing Smiles’) is a campaign in which the 3D printing co-working Createc 3D is participating. The goal of this campaign is printing and gathering 3D printed toys to deliver them to associations that help children in need so no child is left without a toy this Christmas.