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04-19-2016, 09:10 PM
Phillip the duck lost his flippers, so someone 3D-printed him new ones
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After spending some time out in the cold Wisconsin winter, Phillip the duck’s flippers were frostbitten and damaged. Lucky for Phillip, 3D printing (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printing/) has been proliferating in the human world and some of them were happy to help him out.
SEE ALSO: Bubbles the 2-legged dog runs around with his 3D-printed cart (http://mashable.com/2015/06/25/meet-bubbles-the-2-legged-dog-that-runs-and-plays-with-his-3d-printed-cart/)
Vicki Rabe-Harrison, Phillip’s new owner, didn’t want to see him struggle so she reached out to Jason Jischke at South Park Middle School, WBAY reported (http://wbay.com/2016/04/14/duck-wanting-to-waddle-again-gets-new-legs/). Jischke’s classroom houses a 3D printer, which would be the perfect tool to make Phillip some new flippers.
After six weeks of trial and error, Jischke modeled the perfect flippers for Phillip using a semi-flexible material called "ninja flex." The final prosthetic legs took about 36 hours to complete in the 3D printer. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/phillip-duck-3d-printed/)
More about 3d Printing (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/HMlMP7gbW_0
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After spending some time out in the cold Wisconsin winter, Phillip the duck’s flippers were frostbitten and damaged. Lucky for Phillip, 3D printing (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printing/) has been proliferating in the human world and some of them were happy to help him out.
SEE ALSO: Bubbles the 2-legged dog runs around with his 3D-printed cart (http://mashable.com/2015/06/25/meet-bubbles-the-2-legged-dog-that-runs-and-plays-with-his-3d-printed-cart/)
Vicki Rabe-Harrison, Phillip’s new owner, didn’t want to see him struggle so she reached out to Jason Jischke at South Park Middle School, WBAY reported (http://wbay.com/2016/04/14/duck-wanting-to-waddle-again-gets-new-legs/). Jischke’s classroom houses a 3D printer, which would be the perfect tool to make Phillip some new flippers.
After six weeks of trial and error, Jischke modeled the perfect flippers for Phillip using a semi-flexible material called "ninja flex." The final prosthetic legs took about 36 hours to complete in the 3D printer. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/phillip-duck-3d-printed/)
More about 3d Printing (http://mashable.com/category/3d-printing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/HMlMP7gbW_0