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Taken from BGR. By Chris Smith. There are more than seven billion people in the world, and life expectancy keeps growing thanks to the unbelievable advancements in modern medicine. However, the human body can’t outlive its expiration date, and organs often fail and require viable replacements. But because there never seem to be enough donors around, doctors are looking at various ways to create artificial organs that are either built out of human flesh or mechanical parts, and that could replace some of our internal components.    Is that an apple in your ear? One biohacker and dedicated TED Fellow...

Following a successful Kickstarter campaign at the end of last year for its N-series 3D printer range – backed by 348 ‘Raisers’ – Raise3D has brought it’s latest machines, the N2 and N2 Plus to the TCT Asia + Personalize show floor.

Bringing bold ambitions to be “the best large-format FDM 3D printing company’ in 2016” as Michael Huang at Raise3D tells TCT, the company’s newest products are aimed at professional 3D printing users looking to create high-quality, large-scale prints.

The N2 Plus is the biggest of the bunch and features a build volume of 12 x 12 x 24 inches and a print resolution up to 0.01 microns. The machine is capable of printing in two materials including PLA, ABS, HIPS, bronze-filled and wood-filled and can do so at a rate between 10-150 mm per second depending on the resolution.

Taken from PR Newsire. from SME DEARBORN, Mich., March 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SME announced today that Oakland Schools Technical Campus Northeast in Pontiac, Michigan, received an Afinia H800 3D printer in recognition of their participation in SME manufacturing and career awareness activities including Manufacturing Day. SME's student outreach programs are part of its commitment to serving the manufacturing industry by promoting advanced manufacturing technology and developing a skilled workforce. American manufacturing is currently experiencing a growing skills gap – an inability to fill positions with technologically experienced and qualified workers. SME works with schools and industry across the nation to...

Taken from ColumbusCEO.com By Mike Mahoney & Video and photos by Tim Johnson 3D printing is helping improve outcomes while saving time and costs. Use of 3D-printed prosthetics may not yet be routine, but orthopedic laboratories and surgical suites across central Ohio are already using the technology for precision, savings and better patient outcomes. Orthopedic surgeons can now offer longer-lasting ankles, knees, hips and cranial repairs by using imaging to produce full-scale 3D models of a patient’s bone structure and then rehearsing the precise incisions, pins and grids to support the repair and healing process. It not only saves time in...

From Product Design and Development by Michael Petch What if 3D printing were the killer app to enhance education in a way never seen before? If recent surveys and reports are to be trusted, 3D printing in education could be the key to preparing students to enter the workforce and much more. Within four years, 3D printing will be partially responsible for a situation in which “more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today,” according to The Future of Jobs...