3D Printing Marvels Here are but a few marvels using 3D printing: • A 3D printed bust and face mask of President Obama, made with help from a 3D scanner, is the first such portrait of a sitting president to be added to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. • Several U.S. art museums are now exhibiting 3D-printed sculpture. • At the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September, Local Motors 3D printed a plastic car called the Strati (Italian for layers) that will able to be totally custom- ized. • The 3D printing of workable weap- ons has prompted ethical discus- sions and possible legislation in The Smithsonian's National Portrait the U.S. Gallery includes this 3D-printed bust • The U.S. Army uses 3D printers on of President Obama. its frontlines to replicate needed parts cheaply and efficiently. • Students at Michigan Technological University in Houghton added solar panels to portable 3D printers for use in remote Third World regions. Elsewhere, others invented compact 3D-printable solar panels that are affordable and efficient. • Edible food has been printed by 3D printers. NASA is working on cre- ating pizzas printable in space. • Medicine is being trans- formed by 3D printing. Recently in Beijing, doctors inserted a 3D-printed vertebrae In China, a surgeon implanted a 3D-printed verte- brae into a 12-year-old boy. (made of bio "ink" made of living cells) into a 12-year-old boy with cancer. In 2001, the first 3D-printed prosthetic jaw was implanted in the Netherlands. Customized hearing aids produced by 3D printers have been made for a while. Elsewhere, researchers are working on 3D-bioprinted ears and a windpipe. Eventually, bio tissues will be developed to create usable organs. Currently, doctors can 3D scan a patient's heart or other organ and use an exact replica to find ways to repair the real one. • Through e-Nable, a worldwide volunteer network, people are print- ing prosthetic arms and hands for people they don't even know for about $50 for each device — and then sharing the computer files so others can adapt them. • 07 , le; • In dental work, 3D printers are able to print implant guides for dentists and soon Robert 10• ■ Yr7 , • ffr';`" , \ Stern of Oak Park and his part- 2 • ,' A•ja./ ner Eyal Dolev of Ann Arbor will partner locally with Israeli company, Fusion, to produce precise crown and bridge com- 3D kippah created by Craig Kaplan of ponents using metal 3D print- Ontario, Canada ers. • A designer recently printed a kippah made of interlocking Jewish stars on a 3D printer — and is selling them online. • A Latvian company produced Airdog, a 3D-printed drone that fol- lows extreme sports enthusiasts to take ultimate selfies. • In Bahrain, large-scale 3D printing using sandstone-like material yielded coral-shaped structures to heal damaged reefs. Specializing in Cosmetic Surgery & Aesthetic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery DANIEL SHERBERT, M.D. FAGS Certified by The American Board of Surgery, The American Board of Plastic Surgery & Fellowship Trained in Aesthetic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery (248) 865-6400 5807 W. Maple • Suite 177 • West Bloomfield Handmade pieces for the inspired! ; G N ST E I N JEWELRY DESIGN www.grinsteinjewelry.com 162 South Old Woodward, Birmingham, Ml 248-647-4414 1899170 4, 10 Keep your company top of mind with our readers. ADVERTISE WITH US! CALL 248.351.5107 Visit theJEWISHNEWS.com gi RD MUM I November 2014 45