3D printing to help 27-year-old Chinese woman get a new face

A 27 year old Chinese woman lost more than half of her face in her childhood because of some infection. The woman is all set to undergo a facial reconstruction process, which would take almost one year for competition. 3D printing will be utilized to make guides for the new facial elements.

Living almost 27 years without a face seems so unnatural and something that would happen in a Kafka or Gogol story, but not in real life. But for 27 year old Jin Qi, the circumstances couldn’t be more real. After getting infected by a rare form of sepsis at a young age, the lady has lived most of her life without a mouth or nose, both of them were lost to disease after her autoimmune system went haywire.

According to some reports in China, The 27 year old Jin was born in the central Chinese province of Hubei and now lives in Shenzhen, is ready to go under a fundamental one-year facial reconstruction procedure that has four stages. Thanks to the latest 3D printing technology that will help the doctors build special models of the new parts for her face. Master specialist Li Qingfeng will supervise the procedure.

Though according to some sources, the forefront 3D printing technology will be utilized for fabricating guiding models of Jin’s new face, the materials which, are used for manufacturing the face itself will be coming from a place that the patient recognizes easily that is from her own chest. Tissues which are there on the chest are similar in color and texture of the face and it can reshaped and transplanted. 

At present, we don't know much about the 3D printing procedure being utilized to make these facial models, or how precisely they will be utilized to shape the human tissue. Pictures gave by Chinese news sources propose that the models are plastic.

What we do know is that Jin, who is presently a visual architect with an enthusiasm for outline and photography, chose to experience the extensive methodology in the wake of posting her story on the web and accepting loads of exhortation from restorative experts and thoughtful perusers. The patient even raised cash for her unpredictable technique by means of a crowdfunding effort.

Sources say that 42 facial recreation methodology of a comparative sort have as of now been completed in China. In spite of the fact that the long haul impacts of such new procedures are not yet know, the patient ought to be ameliorated by the way that many have been in her position some time recently.

Before going into the working theater for the first of four surgical systems, Jin was in a cheery inclination: "If this surgery is fruitful," she stated, "I will be more positive about front of other individuals."

3D printed figurines with their chicken its 3D printin' good along with finger lickin good!!

Some selected KFC restaurants in India are giving personalized 3D figurines to their customers. The customers would get a small 3D printed miniature of themselves, when they buy the KFC I-Box, which is a 5 in 1 chicken meal. The KFC restaurants that are offering the 3D printed miniatures have set up Twindom full-body 3D scanning booths where customers are getting themselves digitalized.

KFC’s Marketing campaign

We all remember the time when we were kids and got super excited about what toys we might be get at McDonald’s with our Happy Meals. This is just a new marketing campaign from KFC, which is using the latest 3D printing technology to gain its customers attention. Just like KFC’s boneless chicken, the 3D printed figurines will be boneless as well.

The campaign by KFC was launched few months back across some selected Indian outlets, which are equipped with 3D scanning booths for getting the I-Box customers digitized and 3D print themselves. Once they have got themselves scanned, they can pick up the food for their I-Box that includes fries, chicken, soda and tiny 3D printed miniatures. Pretty much seems like a good deal.

The CMO of KFC India Lluis Ruiz Ribot stated that “Collectible toys are too old school and so are seflies”. “The KFC’s latest I-Box takes things to a next level that is a more personalized and unique smart toy. 

Quick to assemble 3D scanning machines

This unique marketing campaign was launched with the help of Little Me, a Mumbai based 3D printed figurine company brought some Twindom’s Twinstant Mobile full body 3D scanners to the KFC outlets, which are participating. The cost of these 3D scanners is $23K and they take 20 minutes for assembling and 5-10 minutes for generating 3D previews.

Impressively, it’s not only KFC that is trying to get some attention with the 3D printed selfies. But recently Landmark Bank in Texas recently launched a same campaign that quotes “Become a Landmark” for gaining the attention of new customers for opening an account. In return the customers would get a 3D printed figurine of themselves. The slogan of the Landmark’s Bank reads “Don’t be a number, be a Landmark”, the whole idea behind this scene is that the customer will be getting a personalized, long term thing like a landmark.

This idea of using 3D printing for offering a personalized touch to customers is pretty exciting and we think that more brands will take advantage of this for differentiating themselves from others and for creating a unique identity that will attract more customers.

3D printing technology helps military veteran with 3D printed prosthetic that help him swim

The 3D printing technology has grown three fold in recent years. Recently the discovery of world’s first 3D printed swimming prosthetic has been praised by all. Let’s go through the most recent news and discoveries in brief:

ProtoLabs use PolyJet 3D printing technology for its manufacturing process

ProtoLabs, a leading digital manufacturing company recently declared use of PolyJet 3D printing system for its manufacturing processes at this year’s Advanced Design & Manufacturing Expo in Cleveland, which runs from March 29-30. Through PolyJet it is possible to manufacture rigid and elastomeric materials in different colors and designs. The products manufactured through PolyJet 3D printing technology are extremely smooth and can have complex geometries. Now ProtoLabs uses 3D printing processes like stereolithography, selective laser sintering, and direct metal laser sintering. 

A military veteran gets new 3D printed prosthetic that help him swim

33 year-old Dan Lasko, who lost his leg in combat in Afganistan has been provided with 3D printed prosthetic that can help him enjoy swimming with his family and friends. This successful attempt by New York hospital and healthcare network Northwell Health has helped Dan Lasko to venture back into a swimming pool after losing his leg.

SLM announced 22 percent growth in the financial summary for 2016

SLM Solutions AG declared a 22% increase in revenue for the 2016 fiscal year. The leading 3D printing company has successfully achieved a massive growth with combined revenue of TEUR 66,137 rose to TEUR 80,707. SLM is based out of Lubeck, Germany and currently has 320 million staff worldwide. According to Henner Schöneborn, CTO of SLM Solutions, “We are confident as well as proud of our recent achievement with the help of 3D printing technology.” As 3D printing technology is growing day by day it means more growth is expected for SLM solutions.