Goodness has already taken its place among the trends of future. It is obvious that selfishness or self-seeking brought nothing but misery. On top of that with each passing day technological developments relate to ‘goodness’, exactly like 3D printers.
Imagine that how nice it would be if those waiting for a helping hand could satisfy their needs with a very small amount of money or for free… Don’t you think how pleasant it would be to send goodness only with one click and touch the hearts of those living kilometers away who you have ever met?
With the raising awareness accompanied by the improvements in technology, there have been some initiatives and projects that prove the possibility of this dream. Transforming from an industrial-sized and expensive machines into the ‘off the shelf’ ones, 3D printers could make it possible to individually develop software and designs that would be a sign of hope for some.
‘Robohand’ gives a helping hand to little hearts
Being a social initiative, ‘Robohand’ is inspired from ‘Enabling the Future’. The aim is designing affordable and user-friendly prosthetic limbs and arms with the help of 3D printers and making it available for those in need. As being very expensive, there are lots of people depriving of this opportunity. However, ‘Robohand’ could make it possible to produce prosthesis with low budgets and send them whoever needs.
Taking full advantage of Open source softwares (OSS), the ‘Robohand’ project could easily access various software and designs. Thus, based on voluntariness, the project strengthened its presence by spotting people in need, measuring the size, designing, printing and installation.
Good news for visually impaired mums-to-be
Getting that glimpse of your baby on an ultra-sound machine is priceless for parents-to-be. Unfortunately, the story is different for visually impaired parents., they can’t express the same joy. In Turkey, for the first time, Türkiye Hastanesi offers this opportunity to the blind mums-to-be thanks to 3D scanner.
Yeliz Temiz, 8 years pregnant woman, was very pleased for feeling a replica model of her unborn baby by means of 3D scanner. The sponsor of the machine is a local company named Zaxe. According to the news broadcasted on Zaxe’s site, her husband having 30% sight states; “My wife was always asking how our baby looks like when we had ultrasound sessions. I had difficulty in describing. Now she can touch and feel how our baby looks like. This is a great chance for people like us”. Yeliz Temiz expresses her feelings as follows; “As a blind mother being unable to watch the ultrasound, 3D printed version allows me to experience the features of my unborn baby’s face. That makes me very lucky when compared to other mothers to be”. Prospective mothers who don’t have visual impairments can also take advantage of 3D scanner.
“Goodness” Samples from all around the world
Art for Visually Impaired
Mona Lisa’s famous smile, Van Gogh’s sunflowers… In order not to prevent visually impaired from appreciating the most important works of art around the world, a crowdfunding campaign named ‘The Unseen Art’ was launched. Taking full advantage of 3D printers, world famous art pieces turn into 3Ds, which allow the visually impaired and blind community to feel the replicas with their fingers. These 3D drawings are all open source software. That means having access to 3D printers is enough for anyone to print them out.
3D shell for the injured tortoise
Freddy was caught in a bushfire in Brazil, and his shell was badly damaged. Luckily, a group of pioneering surgeons known as The Animal Avengers, come to the rescue. The surgeons worried that his chances of survival were slim. Because the shell is like armor for tortoises and it protects them from the predation.
By means of 3D scanning and designing features, the damaged part of his shell was redesigned and so Freddy regain its shell. After a delicate operation, the new shell fitted Freddy perfectly. But it needed a color to be seen natural in case he could be excluded by the other species. Animal lovers didn’t skip that.
