A man has had his chest rebuilt using 3D printing technology during an operation to remove a large tumour.
The prosthesis was inserted into Peter Maggs' chest after he had three ribs and half his breastbone removed.
The tumour had grown to around the size of a tennis ball, and the procedure left an extensive defect in the 71-year-old's chest.
Easton LaChappelle built his first robotic arm when he was 14 years old. In the eight years since, he has founded a company to manufacture them, Unlimited Tomorrow. Now that company has partnered with industry and tech heavyweights like Microsoft, Dassault Systèmes, and Stratasys to scale up the ability to make customized prosthetics.
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FANUC has launched its latest ROBODRILL series.
The a-DiB5 series represents its latest automated vertical machining technology for milling, drilling and tapping applications, incorporating network interface, preventative maintenance and machine learning capabilities, alongside FANUC’s industry-leading CNC drives and servos.
DANBURY, Conn., November 2, 2017 – Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) announced that it will be offering a limited number of in-kind grants to select North American universities through its surface technologies business. The grant recipients will receive material and engineering assistance to support metal additive manufacturing courses and projects from Praxair Surface Technologies (PST).
ROCHESTER HILLS, MI - FANUC America Corporation has introduced four new national training certifications for robotics and advanced automation manufacturing. The certifications are the first ever for robot operations, programming and integrated vision.
The LaGuardia Studio at New York University (NYU), a 3D printing studio, offers students, faculty, alumni, researchers, and visiting artists the chance to take advantage of cross-discipline curricula when creating innovative designs.
By 2022, there will be 1.8 million unfilled cyber security jobs, according to the latest (ISC)2 global information security workforce study.
“In Europe, the shortfall is projected to be around 350,000, with the UK’s share of unfilled cyber security jobs expected to be around 100,000,” said Adrian Davis, managing director for the Middle East, Europe and Africa at (ISC)2.
