(Credit: 3 Pillar Designs)
At long last, 3D printing has found its niche: providing replacement limbs — for ducks. Poor Dudley of K911 animal rescue service in Sicamous, Canada, lost his leg as a baby to a vicious attack from a chicken kept in the same pen. But now he can walk again, thanks to 3D printing.
The first iteration of Dudley's foot.
(Credit: 3 Pillar Designs)
Unlike Buttercup the duck’s new foot, which was created using a 3D-printed mold to cast a limb in silicone, Dudley’s foot was a more elaborate affair.
It was created by Terence Loring of 3 Pillar Designs, a company that specializes in 3D-printing architectural prototypes. Loring heard of Dudley’s plight through a friend and — with Buttercup’s story undoubtedly echoing in his head — decided to see what he could do to help.
The first limb Loring designed has a jointed construction, and was fully 3D-printed in plastic by Proto3000 in Canada. When Dudley put it on, the limb broke and Dudley fell over, so Loring went back to the drawing board for a one-piece … [Read more]
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