
Health & Wellness
Articles and Features
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Expert views 4 min
"Our social values also include choosing the right polymer"
An interview with Guillermo Martínez Gauna-Vivas, founder of Ayúdame3D, a Spanish NGO that makes PLA-printed prostheses for the most deprived countries....
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Daily life 7 min
Polymers tackle disability
Living a life as close to 'normality' as possible is the main objective of many people with disabilities. Research is often successful in making this possible and many major innovations would not hav...
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At a glance 2 min
A brace to save Msituni the giraffe!
A giraffe named Msituni was born in early February at the San Diego Zoo in California. But her keepers quickly noticed that she had a joint deformity that prevented her from moving normally....
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At a glance 2 min
Trédesis, the Ayudame3D prosthesis
3D printing a prosthesis on your own in your room, and finding yourself distributing this same prosthesis free of charge in more than 55 countries a few years later is not a common occurrence... Howev...