You've probably ever had a bone's fracture, sprain or crack which requires to wear a plaster. But they’re bulky, uncomfortable and are basically a blank canvas for embarrassing sketches from your friends. Moreover, those kind of plasters are everyday more and more unconfortable, smelly and itchy.

Jake Evill,  recent graduate of Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, was too familiar with this problem and tried to invent a new type of Plasters. Thanks to 3D printing, Jake was able to design a new plaster following the contours of his arm, like an exoskeleton. 

This plastser 3D printed has some great benefits:

   - Lightweight, under 500 grams

   - Washable

   - Ventilated

   - Recyclable 

   - Customizable in order to fit exactly to each people

This making process is also very easy, a computer is able to determine the optimal pattern and struture os the cast with denser material focused on the fractured area of the bone to provide more support.

Great school project isn't it ?