With a little bit of silicon and a 3D printer, Buttercup the duck is now waddling around Feathered Angels Sanctuary. When Buttercup hatched on November 12, 2012 his left foot was turned backwards. Employees at the Arlington, Tenn. waterfowl sanctuary had the innovative idea to create a prosthetic foot for the duck.
Sanctuary owner Mike Garey designed the foot using computer modeling and created the foot using his unique molding process. Local 3D printing company Novacopy printed the plastic model that Garey used to mold the foot.[More…]
What other innovative uses of 3D-printing technology have you seen?
Source: cbsnews.com