The Science Siblings are celebrating Heart Month with some facts and a DIY model. “For example, the size of your heart is about the same size as your fist. And also, the average heart weighs between ...

[TeachingTech] has a video covering the OpenScan Mini that does a great job of showing the workflow, hardware, and processing method for turning small objects into high-quality 3D models. If you’re at ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Spectrum Health heart specialists say they have printed the first 3D image of a heart using multiple imaging techniques to create a more detailed model. Although 3D model printing ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. It looks ...

In desperate need to fix a young girl's heart, a team of cardiovascular surgeons at Miami Children's Hospital tap 3D-printing to help make the operation a success. CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking process for multi-material 3D printing of lifelike models of the heart's aortic valve and the surrounding structures that mimic the exact look and feel of a ...

An engineer has created a 3D model of the human heart, inspired by his daughter’s heart condition, with the goal of creating a library of virtual hearts for researchers to use whenever they want.

Surgeons will soon be able to plan heart operations using 3D models of patients’ organs with revolutionary software that recreates working versions of human body parts. The technology, which also ...

Operating on a child's heart is a challenging procedure. Not only is the organ (presumably) defective, but it's also small, complex, and delicate. So when Louisville, KY heart surgeon Erle Austin was ...

A 14 month-old boy is found with heart defects. The Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville Kentucky knows that he needs surgery, but with multiple defects, it would be difficult to see precisely ...

Long-term, the dream of 3D-printed objects is to use additive manufacturing to be able to bioprint entire functional organs for use in transplant surgeries. While we are not at that point just yet, ...