Latest Podcast – Printing muscle and bone

In our latest podcast Dr Kate Black, a lecturer in Additive Manufacturing in the University’s Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, discusses 3D printing and how it could be used in the future.

There is a tremendous amount of hype about the potential of 3D printing. The technology is already able to produce customized, one-of-a-kind prosthetic limbs, or artificial hips for patients. These devices are designed specifically to fit each individual’s unique anatomy.

In this podcast Dr Black takes us on a journey to the not-so-distant future of 3D printing. A place where limbs are not so much printed as grown, and the components are not plastic and metal but flesh and blood.

To find out more you can listen to the podcast by clicking here.

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