Just saw this on Reddit's front page. Great story for the kid, his family and the hospital.
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Baby’s life saved with 3D printed device at C.S. Mott
May 23rd, 2013 at 7:29 AM
#1
Baby’s life saved with 3D printed device at C.S. Mott
May 23rd, 2013 at 7:35 AM
#2
We're the leaders and best
For a reason. Awesome story, great to here about the practicality of the 3D printers.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:17 AM
#3
They also know not to capitalize
a verb in the middle of a sentence.
May 23rd, 2013 at 9:22 AM
#4
If you are going to throw
If you are going to throw stones, don't live in a glass house. Also, nice straw man argument...because I can't proofread my posts, it's the I phone's fault.
May 23rd, 2013 at 11:02 AM
#5
iPhone's*
iPhone's*
May 23rd, 2013 at 1:30 PM
#6
touche
touche
May 23rd, 2013 at 10:06 AM
#7
yes because steve jobs single
yes because steve jobs single handedly built the iphone and its autocorrect software.
May 23rd, 2013 at 3:16 PM
#8
Your autocorrect changes
Your autocorrect changes sentence structure?! That is amazing!
May 23rd, 2013 at 4:01 PM
#9
Hey inthebluelot: typos
Hey inthebluelot: typos happen, own up to yours and realize you looked like a total dick. Stop digging and blaming your life mistakes on dead people.
May 23rd, 2013 at 7:37 AM
#10
THAT is a great story... Go Blue!
but in Baby Kaiba's case, hope you never go blue again
May 23rd, 2013 at 7:45 AM
#11
That is awesome. As a dad I
That is awesome. As a dad I can't imagine what they went through but it is wonderful seeing technology saving lives.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:23 AM
#12
magic
Need a BLT on Mars or an assault rifle without the waiting period? Just build (or download) a 3D model and click print.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:23 AM
#13
Its essentially liquid
Its essentially liquid plastic that is "printed"/builds whatever shape you've designed. The material is put on in extremely thin layers and is built up over many passes. Think like reverse CNC machining.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:33 AM
#14
3D printing is essentially
3D printing is essentially laying down lines of a melted plastic which almost instantly solidify upon deposition. Because the solidified plastic has an appreciable volume as opposed to ink, the printer can stack these layers of solidified plastic on top of each other to create a 3D shape. It's somewhat opposed to CNC, which takes a CAD file and makes the product through subtractive processes (milling, lathe, etc.). Here, a 3D printer can take a CAD file and additively build up to it by adding layers of plastic.
I'm almost sure that Prof. Hollister didn't use "3D printing" per se, but a similar technique (photolithography) consisting of a large vat of liquid polymer that, when exposed to laser light of a certain energy, will cross link to form solid shapes. If the area of the laser beam is small, the prototype can have tight tolerances with respect to curves.
Professor Hollister is a really nice guy so I'm happy that he's getting the recognition that he deserves for this project.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:57 PM
#15
Well, you can
If you have the glasses.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:44 PM
#16
Well said. Let me add that
Well said. Let me add that "3D Printing" has become the generic term for all rapid prototype or additive manufacturing processes (objects built in layers), but the types of machines and processes that are used are as different as night and day. I have 6 laser-based Rapid Prototyping machines in my lab, and they are light years better than the $2000.00 hobbyist-based extruders that you can order off the internet. It irks me to no end when the two are lumped together!!
The device in this article was built using a Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) machine, which uses a Co2(hot) laser to sinter or melt plastic powder in 0.004" layers at a time into the shape of the part.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:06 AM
#19
Amazing story
I feel like medical dramas are going to be a little different in this brave new world: "DAMNIT doctor, we got another PC Load Letter error..."
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:11 AM
#20
Nope. It just means that
Nope. It just means that guys like me in HIS are going to be making even more bank...
May 23rd, 2013 at 10:26 AM
#21
This.
Sooooo glad I pushed my wife out of patient care and into informatics. You and she are going to be pretty damn highly in demand for the next couple decades or so.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:35 AM
#22
Great Story...
That is a great story and hopefully Kaiba makes a full recovery.
I believe 3D printing is also known as "additive manufacturing" - it's been used in some fields, such as automotive engineering, since the late 1970s, I believe. The biomaterial application is relatively new, from what I understand - basically, the idea is to be able to build living systems in successive layers using inkjet techniques.
Here's a story from the BBC on how they used the technique by layering cells in a sugar medium to study the possibility of building organs - (HERE). Awesome possibilities, and it is good to know a child will live because of these techniques.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:47 AM
#23
Great Outcome
Hope the future bodes well for the baby.
SLS. Stereo Lithography System. First used it for A-C vents where the flaps actually move as well.
May 23rd, 2013 at 9:14 AM
#24
Michigan football recruiting in 2053 will be much easier
"Coach Hart, here is the list of the spots we need to fill for Team 174."
"Hmmmm... a Wheatley, a Harmon, two Longs, a Lewan, one Howard, two Woodsons, one Robinson, three Peppers, two Hands, one Kovacs, one Branch, one Paris, one Carter, one Morris, one Griese, and two Woodleys... looks good, but let's add a Molk. Fire up the printers!"
May 23rd, 2013 at 9:29 AM
#25
My daughter tells me that she collaborated with
Professor Hollister on a research project. She speaks very highly of him.
I'm happy to see this kind of joint effort on a life-saving solution.
May 23rd, 2013 at 9:34 AM
#26
Great Story
As someone working in the medical device sector, I love hearing stories like this. I'll make sure to share this with others in the field. Thanks for posting this and Michigan contribution to research and developement in the BME/medical device field.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:26 PM
#27
This is Incredible
If something like this is possible now, how many years will it be before we can simply say....
"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"
...and get it.....
May 23rd, 2013 at 1:04 PM
#28
I heard this story with my
I heard this story with my son on the Steve Czaban show this morning but didn't hear that it was at Michigan. Amazing
May 23rd, 2013 at 7:36 PM
#29
And another Ohio family
learns the truth about TSUN.
May 23rd, 2013 at 9:47 PM
#30
Michigan difference. I love
Michigan difference. I love this university
