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Compact 3D printer lets you create your own toys

Leonard Goh | Oct 28, 2008

The Alaris 30 is one of the smallest 3D printers on the market. Picture credit: Objet

3D printers for rapid prototyping concept designs are typically seen as huge chunky machines that sit in one corner of the room and used only when needed. But Objet's latest device, the Alaris 30 not only fits on desktops (well, some of them), it can also churn out 600 x 600dpi objects with movable parts.

Measuring 825 x 620 x 590mm, the Alaris 30 is network-enabled to allow sharing among designers. The company's proprietary PolyJet Photopolymer Jetting Technology will render 600 x 600dpi objects out of resin with two printheads and if they have moving components, the machine can create them, too.
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HP's inkjet tech to be used for in-home dialysis treatment

Erica Ogg | Oct 16, 2008

Inkjet technology isn't just for printers.

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to license its patent on inkjet for use in a treatment system for people suffering kidney failure, according to HP's director of IP licensing, Charlie Chapman.

Sure, the two might sound completely unrelated, but HP's done something similar before: last year, another medical services company licensed inkjet intellectual property to administer vaccines.

Next to enter the health care industry: HP? Picture credit: CNET Crave

But this time, HP will allow Home Dialysis Plus, a new company still gathering funding, to use HP's "fluid management" technology used in inkjet printers.

HP uses it to create calculated mixtures of ink and water, which are then delivered through a printer to a piece of paper. Home Dialysis Plus will use it to mix tap water and concentrated dialysis solution at a level customized for patients that can be administered at home rather than at a treatment center.

Patients who must get clinical dialysis three times a week basically have to plan their lives around getting ready for the next treatment, according to HD Plus CEO Michael Baker. A home treatment is more ideal, but getting the correct mixture of water and dialysis fluids is hard and can be prone to human error.
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