{"id":32285,"date":"2017-06-23T18:22:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T22:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=32285"},"modified":"2017-07-06T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T18:47:10","slug":"week-3d-printing-touchy-feely-robots-unbroken-hearts-giant-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/week-3d-printing-touchy-feely-robots-unbroken-hearts-giant-prints","title":{"rendered":"The Week in 3D Printing: Touchy-Feely Robots, Unbroken Hearts, and Giant Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Robots got feels, concrete floated, GE brought us the world&#8217;s largest laser 3D printer, and we mended a few broken hearts &#8212; all this week in 3D printing.<\/p>\n<h3>Reach Out and Touch Bots<\/h3>\n<p>RedBull Technology brought us the story of researchers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbull.com\/us-en\/3d-printed-bionic-skin-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Minnesota who are creating bionic skin<\/a> that will allow robots to have tactile feedback while doing the things they do, like surgeries, walking around, and, one day, holding your hand. Don&#8217;t worry, this tech isn&#8217;t just for bots. In the future, it could also be used to print sensors on human skin that could monitor health indicators, or protect soldiers from dangerous explosives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCT0KwFw-pM\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Concrete Ideas<\/h3>\n<p>Concrete might not be the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to boating. But, a canoe-racing competition in Cologne, Germany might make you rethink that. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/skelethon-3d-printed-concrete-canoe-06-19-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Designboom covered the event<\/a>\u00a0and its winner skelETHon, whose steel-reinforced concrete skeleton surrounded by a waterproof concrete skin took first prize. While the boat wasn&#8217;t fully 3D printed, its concrete skeleton could not exist without the flexibility offered by digital fabrication.<\/p>\n<h3>We&#8217;re Gonna Need a Bigger Factory<\/h3>\n<p>Printing a metal object 1 meter (3.3 ft.) across sounds a bit like a dream come true, and who better to make that happen than good old General Electric, the company that aims to keep on powering modernity (continuing the tradition of co-founder Thomas Edison)? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gereports.com\/ge-building-worlds-largest-additive-machine-3d-printing-metals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to GE<\/a>, &#8220;This is an engineer&#8217;s dream!&#8221; But really, they mean, &#8220;This is anyone who knows anything about 3D printing&#8217;s dream.&#8221; Learn more about the technology below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P65XSVVEfrk\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Broken Hearts Club<\/h3>\n<p>Usually, mending the damage caused by a heart attack means hoping to get a new heart. But, miracle of miracles of 3D printing, a new 3D printed patch that utilizes stem cells could help humans repair damaged sections of the heart. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2017\/06\/30\/how-3d-printing-help-mend-broken-heart-626789.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As Newsweek reported<\/a>, right now, it&#8217;s only done so for mice and pigs, but one day not too long from now, this treatment could be used on broken hearts of all 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