The 3D printing boom has been changing the medical field in recent years. Engineers have discovered ways to print viable organ tissue and mini organs that have the potential to impact drug and ...

Engineers have created a silicon version of a key organ of hearing, using manufacturing techniques borrowed from the electronic chip industry. The device could serve as a prototype for mechanical ...

I might be wrong, but the Bionic Man didn’t have a bionic ear, that was saved for tennis pro turned Bionic Woman Jaime Sommers, who had amplified hearing from a real-looking ear. Well, 30 years on, ...

When he was an assistant professor at Princeton University, Michael McAlpine led the development of a 3D-printed bionic ear. Now an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, he has gone on ...

A new prosthetic can improve the hearing of children suffering with microtia using 3D printing to create custom plastic prosthetics, reports Forbes. 1. Aided by developments in 3D bioprinting, human ...

Using 3D printers to create biological structures has become widespread. Printing electronics has made similar advances, particularly for low-cost, low-power disposable items. The first successful ...

PRINCETON, N.J. — With a 3-D printer, a petri dish and some cells from a cow, Princeton University researchers are growing synthetic ears that can receive — and transmit — sound. The scientists send ...

Newark, NJ, Oct. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As per the report published by Fior Markets, the global bionic ear market is expected to grow from USD 14.93 billion in 2019 and to reach USD 26.88 ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- When 68-year-old Robert Rosene received a bionic eye, he didn't get the Six Million Dollar Man's telescoping vision. Rosene, of St. Charles, Ill., saw nothing but pitch-black before ...

VALENCIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Advanced Bionics (AB) and Phonak announced an industry first for cochlear implant users. The Phonak Naída™ Link CROS, a wireless audio transmitter, was ...

In the future, 3-D printers won’t just print replacement organs (like the type we’ve covered in the past). They’ll print organs that work better than the standard-issue ones we’re born with. A glimpse ...