Jan 19, 2012 | Europe
LONDON, UK: Visitors to the Science Museum in London can now volunteer to have their photograph taken with a 3-D camera and explore what their faces look like in another dimension. The Me in 3D project is part of the museum’s ongoing Live Science programme, in which visitors can volunteer to take part in real experiments conducted by visiting scientists.
Jan 17, 2012 | Europe
GHENT, Belgium: A team of plastic surgeons at the Ghent University Hospital has successfully executed Belgium’s first full face transplant. Although it was the world’s 19th face transplant, this was the first time that the complex procedure was fully planned using digital planning and 3-D printing. During the 20-hour-long procedure the patient, who suffered from a large facial defect, received bone, muscles, veins, nerves, and skin from a donor who had just died.