In 2020, NJ resident Joe DiMeo underwent face and arm transplant surgery at NYU Langone Health. To restore the identity of his donor, NYU’s LaGuardia Studio fabricated a lifelike face mask and arms. Discover more about this groundbreaking process.
Medical Research
MakerBrace: Using 3D Printing to Make a Difference
Inside the MakerSpace at Tandon’s MetroTech Center, Victoria Bill, MakerSpace Manager, and Gabriella Cammarata, recent graduate of the Integrated Digital Media master’s program, are leading a class in which students 3D print braces for children living with cerebral palsy.
Rain, Sleet, or Snow
In February of 2018, 3D scanning and printing experts at NYU’s LaGuardia Studio arrived at NYU Langone Health to scan the face of William Fisher. The Studio was tasked with creating a highly-detailed, lifelike mask to replace the face he was donating to another. This is the story of the 34 hours Studio staff spent as part of this procedure.
Researchers Use HPC Resources and AI in Cancer Research
Researchers1 from the NYU School of Medicine made use of NYU High Performance Computing (HPC) resources and Google’s deep learning artificial intelligence algorithm to advance the understanding of lung cancer and mutations in tumors. Using Google’s Inception v3 (an open-source algorithm) and the HPC neural network, they were able to accurately differentiate between two different […]