Start-up competition / Cebit 2017Zypries honors digital innovations
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Brigitte Zypries honored innovative ideas from the field of information and communication technology at the 'Digital Innovations Start-up Competition' at Cebit 2017. Computer&AUTOMATION shows the developments of the 20 start-ups in a picture gallery.
With bioprinters or organic printers, scientists and researchers can now even print skin and tissue cells in 3D. In cooperation with the bioprinter manufacturer Cellbricks, the founding team around Bloodline has developed a CAD system specifically for the special features of a bio-3D printer. This allows the user to create a design that serves the bioprinter as a template for the physical model. The system takes into account the special requirements of the printed object and automatically calculates the blood vessels in the tissue or organ, for example. The system can be used to print small organs and tissue that can be used for drug tests, for example. As a cloud-based application, the CAD system also opens up great potential for pharmacy and medicine.