I-Prosthetics yinsimu eyodwa ethuthukiswa kakhulu nge-3D Printing.
Ngonyaka odlule, ngenkathi sisendleleni e-USA emgwaqweni wezwe we-3DRV, sahlangana nezinkampani ezincane ezenza umehluko kubantu abalahlekelwe isilungu. I-prosthetics ivame kakhulu, kepha umhlaba wokunyathelisa we-3D uyayishintsha, futhi iyashesha.
Kuye lapho uthola khona izibalo zakho, ziphakathi kuka-10 no-15 million ama-amputees emhlabeni. Ngokuvamile, abantu abalahlekelwe isilwane badabula ubuhlungu obuningi futhi banselele ukuthola isitho somzimba esivumela ukuba basebenze ngokugcwele futhi. Ngezansi, kunesidingo esikhulu, esikhulu kakhulu kule ndawo yemithi nempilo.
Ngaphandle kokubambisana, ungase ukwazi ukuphrinta i-3D ngeso lengqondo elula ngokusiza abanye abavukeli bomthombo ovulekile. Njengoba ngibhekana nabasunguli be-3D abashicileli nabamabhizinisi yonke indawo, angimangazi ngobuhlakani nokukhathalela ukuthi abantu banalo kulabo abaye bahlupheka engozini noma ukugula. Ngimangalisa abantu abazama ukwakha ibhizinisi ukusiza abaningi emhlabeni abangakwazi ukukhokhela noma abangakwazi ukuthola ubuchwepheshe (ukuxhaswa kwezixuku) ukuze kwenzeke.
Izindaba zigcwele izindaba mayelana nezenzo ezivulekile, kodwa omunye ngithole iqembu elizama ukusakaza leli gama ngisho nangaphezulu. Le nhlangano, ebizwa ngokuthi i-e-NABLE, yenza umsebenzi othile othakazelisayo ngokudala indlela yokusebenzisana ukuze uthole abaholi emithi, embonini, kanye nenqubomgomo yomphakathi ukudala umcimbi ongayikufundisa kuphela ochwepheshe, kodwa kufaka phakathi izidakamizwa ezinikezwa izingane ezineziphene ezingenhla .
Leli thimba lamavolontiya lidale isifebe ngesandla sama-dollar angu-50 ngezingxenye eziphrintiwe ze-3D futhi izibuko ezinkulu nezixhumi ezikhona. Basebenza ukudala amafayili okuvula umthombo ovulekile wesandla ukuphrinta, kanye nezintombi ezifudumalayo zezingane, abadala nabasosha bezempi abaye banikwa lezi zandla eziphrintiwe ze-3D kusuka kunethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yamavolontiya e-NABLE.
Ithimba le-E-NABLE livakashele kamuva udokotela ohlinzayo ohlukumezayo, uDkt. Albert Chi, ukukhombisa udokotela ohlinzayo ukuthi abe ngu-$ 50. UDkt. Chi wabona ukuthi kungenzeka yini lokhu futhi mhlawumbe nezinye izinhlobo eziningi ze-prosthetics, ukuguqula izimpilo zabantu abayizinkulungwane emhlabeni wonke, abangenakukwazi ukuthenga imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-30,000- $ 50,000.
Enye yezinkampani ezenza i-prosthetics eyingxenye ye-e-NABLE ekhulunywe ngenhla: I-Limbitless Solutions yinkampani engenzi inzuzo edala izikhali zokusebenza ezinganeni (nabanye) abazidinga. Uma ufunda lesi sikhala noma ukhathalela ngakho, bayingxenye yokubuka nokuvakashela.
Ngesikhathi ngiseShapeways yomhlangano we-communityup, ngahlangana nomculi waseNew York owayesinike isikhathi sakhe ukusiza owesifazane, uNatasha Long waseNova Scotia, owayengozini futhi waphumela umlenze wakhe. Lo wesifazane wayenesimo sengqondo esimangalisayo futhi wabheka ukulahlekelwa umlenze wakhe "njengethuba lobuciko bezokwelapha." Umculi we-3D, uMelissa Ng onomnikazi weLumecluster, wezwa ngesidingo futhi wanikela ngomunye wakhe wenhle, imiklamo yama-mask ephrintiwe e-3D ezosetshenziswa ku-prosthetic kaNatasha. Ithimba le-Thinking Robot Studios lidale umlenze wesisu - ungafunda okuthunyelwe kubhulogi likaMelissa.
Nakuba izidingo zomzimba zomzimba ezingenakukwazi ukuxazululwa ngemiklamo evulekile yomthombo noma ukunyathelisa kwe-3D, kunabantu abaningi abanethemba lapho bebona lezi zinhlobo zamaphrojekthi kanye nezindaba ezenziwa amaqembu ukusiza ukubhekana nezindleko nokwenza ngokwezifiso imilenze yomzimba , izingalo, nezandla.