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No more toys: 3D printing grows up

No more toys: 3D printing grows up

by Mark | Feb 29, 2016 | Academic Visions, Disruptive Technologies

Dr Billy Wu Senior Lecturer, Dyson School of Design Engineering 3D printing has grabbed popular imagination. But the polymer printers widely available today are not the technologies that will transform manufacturing and mass customisation of products. If 3D printing...
Transforming surgery with real-time multi-scale imaging

Transforming surgery with real-time multi-scale imaging

by Mark | Feb 6, 2016 | Academic Visions, Disruptive Technologies

Dr Stamatia Giannarou Lecturer in Surgical Cancer Technology and Imaging, Department of Surgery & Cancer Every successful operation depends on surgical skill to navigate the body. Pre-operative scans play a critical role, guiding surgeons like a map. But these are...
Imaging the health of our planet

Imaging the health of our planet

by Mark | Feb 6, 2016 | Academic Visions, Disruptive Technologies

Dr Gabrielle Thomas Academic Visitor, Department of Physics From the discovery of DNA to the identification of water on Mars, lab-based spectroscopy is fundamental to understanding the chemical composition of matter. But what if you could apply spectroscopy not to...
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