The new year started off with a bang with the Toronto Star highlighting the work of Dr.Matt Ratto who heads up one of the research labs at the iSchool where a teach occasionally. He and his team do some awesome things and if anyone ever asks you why libraries think about and do research on things like gamification, 2D printing, critical making, etc. here’s a small peek into this world:
A Toronto gift to Uganda: 3D-printed prosthetics
U of T researchers and a Canadian charity are teaming up to train Ugandan technicians to 3D-print artificial limb sockets.
“Matt Ratto examines a 3D image of a new artificial joint socket.
Matt Ratto, an associate professor at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, is a big believer in the Chinese proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
That’s why Ratto and a team of graduate and PhD students have been working for the past year and a half, alongside Christian Blind Mission Canada — a Canadian NGO — and a private partner, Autodesk Research, to transfer 3D printing technology to Uganda and develop the local skills to use it to help children who are missing limbs.
Sustainability is integral to Ratto’s research work as director of the Semaphore Research Cluster and the Critical Making Lab at the University of Toronto.”
Read more by following the links.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/01/01/a_toronto_gift_to_uganda_3dprinted_prosthetics.html
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