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How Thomas Davis is protecting his arm


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Scott Perone of 3D Elite, a manufacturer of 3D-printed braces and casts for athletes, collaborated with Whiteclouds on the project. "Thomas Davis is already the 'bionic man' in our book," Perone said in a release. "This personalized 3D brace lined with Poron XRD makes him a bit more indestructible." Poron XRD is a soft, flexible material designed to absorb shocks and protect from impacts.

I like the fact that he referred to Thomas Davis as the "Bionic Man." 

Cool nickname.

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13 minutes ago, d-dave said:

http://www.cnet.com/news/injured-football-player-may-wear-3d-printed-brace-in-super-bowl/

So, this is pretty cool!  Could 3D printing be the wave of the future for new safety equipment.

Took an additive manufacturing class a couple semester back and the technology is impressive. Easy to assume that 3D printing "is" the future for safety materials and many many other things. 

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4 minutes ago, beastson52 said:

Took an additive manufacturing class a couple semester back and the technology is impressive. Easy to assume that 3D printing "is" the future for safety materials and many many other things. 

This is what I did for a living along with CNC programming until I was forced into retirement because of health issues. Its amazing what can be done within this technology. 

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2 minutes ago, wud35 said:

This is what I did for a living along with CNC programming until I was forced into retirement because of health issues. Its amazing what can be done within this technology. 

Overall, I have been extremely impressed with all the cool stuff that 3D printing can do.  

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6 minutes ago, wud35 said:

This is what I did for a living along with CNC programming until I was forced into retirement because of health issues. Its amazing what can be done within this technology. 

I wish I had gone this route. 

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2 minutes ago, wud35 said:

This is what I did for a living along with CNC programming until I was forced into retirement because of health issues. Its amazing what can be done within this technology. 

Thats pretty sweet! As an ME, CNC's and the milling process is beautiful. Nothing like cutting through metals like butter.

 

Attached are some of the things we 3d printed. All these items are actual peoples arteries, bones, and organs. They were taken from an MRI file and converted to STL format for the printing process. 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, wud35 said:

Not sure your age but I got into it at about age 38. I had to change career's because of back issues. 

Not far past that. I code, but I hate the business field I work in. I would love to get in to fabricating bike parts. I have no idea if it can actually make money but it would be fun.

 

If I could go back and major in technology and not Computer Science I would. ASU had some things that in retrospect would have interested me if I just didn't happen to be 18 and clueless what I wanted to do.

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