University of Maryland, Baltimore is holding a Maker Expo showcasing the latest in health care technologies from virtual reality systems that supersize proteins and viruses to 3D printers that create life-like organs containing living cells.
WHAT: Makers, innovators and entrepreneurs working in the health sciences will meet and learn from academic and industry experts using emerging technologies to advance health care. The Maker Expo will include demonstrations and speakers on:
- 3D modeling and printing to inexpensively replicate basic and custom lab equipment
- 3D modeling and printing to create patient-specific assistive devices
- 3D bio printers
- Virtual reality microscopy and radiology
- Augmented reality-assisted surgery
- Medical imaging
- Robotics, drones and more
WHEN: March 6 from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. with exhibitor demonstrations from 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m., 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m., and after 2 p.m.
WHERE: University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Campus Center, 621 W. Lombard St., Baltimore
WHO: Speakers will include innovators such as Anna Young,MakerHealth CEO and former TEDMED speaker, who brings makerspaces and prototyping tools into hospital units; Jeffrey Hirsch, MD, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who is using the latest technology to print small ear prostheses; Bradley Hennessie, co-founder of NextStep Robotics, who is commercializing therapeutic robotics research he was part of at UMB and the Baltimore VA Healthcare System; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland Baltimore County associate professor, who is collaborating with faculty and students at UMB to design and 3D print custom assistive devices for rehabilitation patients; and Jeff Quinn, co-president of Engineered Medical Systems, which helped to create The Factory and The LaunchPort in Port Covington, a medical device manufacturing infrastructure and medical devised startup accelerator.
