Dog 3d printer

Smart collar, camera and 3d printer in the service of veterinarians - Why does a person need a dog?

Voyce - a smart collar for dogs that allows you to monitor the health of your pet

The success of fitness trackers in the market gave the idea to developers to apply this technology to dogs. The smart collar was presented at the CES 2014 Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Collar developers are: i4C Innovations, founded in early 2013, biomedical engineers, as well as dog handlers from Cornell University.

The smart collar is able to track the activity of a four-legged pet and record its heart rate, breathing rate, calories burned and other indicators. Who knows, perhaps this device will revolutionize the field of veterinary medicine.

The collar is equipped with a three-axis accelerometer, a Wi-Fi module, and a battery that provides the gadget for a week without recharging. The information received by the sensors is transmitted to the iPhone or iPad, where it is processed using a special application. Thanks to this, the owner of the dog can monitor its health. Thus, by comparing data collected at different times, it is possible to detect signs of an incipient disease and prevent it in time.

In addition, the application allows you to send the information received by the collar to the veterinarian (for example, via a social network), gives recommendations on animal care, and also offers exclusive content. On the manufacturer's website, the collar costs $199.

Nikon taught dogs how to take pictures with a heart rate sensor

The project that can turn a dog into a photographer is called Heartography (from the words "heart" and "photography" - "heart" and "photography"). Within its framework, a special mount for Nikon cameras was created, which automatically takes a picture if the animal's pulse rises.

According to the manufacturer's idea, camera users take pictures only when they see something really exciting, which means that their heart should beat faster at these moments.

The device itself consists of a conventional compact camera (the presentation shows an inexpensive "soap box" Nikon Coolpix L31), mounted on a special elastic strap. The belt monitors the heart rate and transmits data to the device via Bluetooth, and also displays the measured values ​​on a small OLED display. As soon as the heartbeat quickens, the microcontroller is triggered and the camera takes a picture. The owner can manually adjust the heart rate, upon reaching which the camera on the dog will automatically start taking pictures.

Nikon's heartography test was conducted by Grizzler, the company's "first dog photographer." Judging by the published pictures, Grizzler was worried about food, cats, pigeons, a turtle, as well as cute dogs.

According to Engadget, Heartography is currently more of a research project than a serious undertaking: Nikon has no plans to sell the device yet.

There are many solutions for animal photography on the market, including dedicated GoPro mounts, but Nikon was the first to make this system intelligent.

Veterinarians master the 3D printer

The creators of 3D printing claim that the possibilities of this technology are almost limitless. And there is more and more evidence of this.

At Mississippi State University, a LutzBot TAZ 4 3D printer is being introduced into veterinary practice. It is used to create plastic copies of injured vertebrae and skulls of patients, which makes it possible to better study the nature of injuries and plan the operation.

First, a 3d image of injuries is created using computed tomography, then the files are converted and transferred to the printer. The result is a plastic model identical to what was on the computer screen.

These models can also be a good teaching tool for students to better understand the nature of injuries.

Another type of 3-D printer can help in the production of implants. Biocompatible materials from which the “missing” part of bones or vertebrae is printed will help reconstruct defects resulting from injuries or congenital ones. Surgeons have high hopes for new technologies.

But an ordinary 3-D printer can also help animals: in the USA, prosthetic front legs were printed on a dog.

References:

• Nikon introduced the
dog camera
• Nikon taught dogs to capture their most exciting moments with the
heart rate sensor
• Voyce - smart collar for dogs that allows you to monitor the health of your pet
• Vet School's 3-D Printer Adds Personal Touch
• 3D-printed prosthetic front paws for a disabled dog in the USA

New Animal Welfare Method - 3D Printing Technology to Rejuvenate Injured Animals

Creation time: 04/03/2019

Long ago, many animals with short arms and legs could only wait for death. Even if they were accepted by good people, they could not return to normal life. With the development of prosthetics technology, especially after the advent of 3D printing technology, there seems to be a new hope to customize prosthetic limbs for disabled animals with 3D technology to live brilliant lives like healthy animals.

1. Red-crowned cranes without a beak

In 2017, a red-crowned crane named Junjun lost half of his beak in a fight with other male cranes. Junjun must have died in the past, but the zoo staff made Junjun's PEEK mouth through 3D printing technology, so Junjun could live just like before.

2. A dog named Derby was unable to walk normally due to forelimb dysplasia before birth. The company then purchased a 3D printed prosthetic so Derby could run freely like other dogs.

3. Another turtle, Freddy, who lost 85% of his tortoise shell due to burns, had to get a new "armor" for Freddy from animal welfare organizations before being euthanized using 3D printing technology so that Freddy could continue his life.

4. Grecia, a giant bird native to Costa Rica, lost half of its beak when it was discovered. Residents of the local community have successfully launched a fundraising campaign to help Grecia with a 3D printed fake beak. To create a fake beak for 3D printing, technicians from partners and distributors of the 3D group scanned the beak and handed it over to a professional design team. About a year later, after experiencing various difficulties in the beak design process, he was finally equipped with a seamless beak.

5. Buttercup, a duckling, had to undergo an amputation due to a deformity and dislocation of his left leg at birth. As a one-legged swordsman, he seems a bit sad when out of the group. The owner decided to find the latest 3D modeling and printing technology to build another duck foot for her.

6. A dog named Nakio was abandoned by his owner and got frostbite on his limbs in a cold winter and had to be amputated. The adoptive owner raised the money and ended up fitting the prosthesis using 3D printing. These days, Nakio can not only walk freely, but also swim freely.

7. The Chilean flamingo also broke his leg. A local prosthesis manufacturer has 3D-printed a thin 7-inch prosthetic arm for him that could be the world's first flamingo to have a prosthesis attached to it.

8. Oscar black cat. He was accidentally wounded by a reaper on two hind legs. Later, engineers fitted two prosthetics to the Oscars using 3D printing technology. This is the first cat in history to have a prosthesis.

9. A sheep named Felix has only three legs at the Woodstock Animal Shelter in New York. So Hudson Gu Advanced Manufacturing Center, a distribution center for the State University of New York, made a 3D prosthesis so that he could walk normally.

I am very excited that these disabled animals are returning to normal life. That's the beauty of new technology. 3D printing makes it possible to replace prostheses or implants at any time at a low cost. At the same time, this can be done on demand, with individual adjustments so that the printed part perfectly matches the missing part of the animal. Finally, 3D printing can print very complex prostheses or implants, which was unthinkable in the past. In these cases, they did not wait for death or euthanasia, but 3D printing gave them hope and opened the door to rebirth, hoping that more and more animals could be cured with 3D technology.

In fact, there are many such cases. Vistar (ProtoFab) often receives inquiries from customers about printing prostheses, dentures, surgical appliances, and so on. We also hope to do our best to ensure that 3D printing technology benefits all patients.

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