Tag archive: Belgium

The 3D printing movement has awed observers with feats like custom Valentine's Day chocolates, and even entire cars like the Urbee, but last year a group of researchers from Belgium and the Netherlands used a printer in an unprecedented medical operation by creating and implanting a 3D-printed lower jaw in the mouth of an 83-year-old woman. According to Medical Daily, the procedure happened in June and was intended to treat the elderly… Read More

In one of the odder stories of the weekend, a misunderstanding between a Belgian newspaper and Google has, once again, turned into a public spat. The AP reports that “La Capitale” claimed on its Website on Friday that Google had begun “boycotting” it and other members of Copiepresse in what it claimed was retaliation over a copyright infringement lawsuit. In 2006, the newspapers sued Google for including their search… Read More