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"TOP 10 3D Printing Stories of 2013"

12/20/2013



"In november 2012, buttercup, a baby duckling hatched in a high school biology lab with a backward left foot. at the time, he probably wouldn’t have survived if mike garey, of feathered angels waterfowl sanctuary, didn’t reccomend a proper amputation. months after the healing process, engineers at novacopy inc produced a 3D printed prototype for a mold that would be then used to create a prosthetic foot for buttercup."





 



 






 




     
"In november 2012, buttercup, a baby duckling hatched in a high school biology lab with a backward left foot. at the time, he probably wouldn’t have survived if mike garey, of feathered angels waterfowl sanctuary, didn’t reccomend a proper amputation. months after the healing process, engineers at novacopy inc produced a 3D printed prototype for a mold that would be then used to create a prosthetic foot for buttercup."

 

 
 
 
 
 

With the advent of comparatively inexpensive 3D printers intended for the consumer market, by the end of 2013 3D printing had become a widespread consumer and industrial phenomenon, applied to untold numbers of new products and art forms. On December 20, 2013 Designboom.com, based in Milan, Italy, published their illustraded list of TOP 10 3D printing stories of 2013

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