{"id":4211,"date":"2023-12-13T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scantechvn.com\/ung-dung\/chu-chim-canh-cut-bi-thuong-co-the-di-lai-binh-thuong-voi-giay-in-3d\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T02:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T02:30:12","slug":"chu-chim-canh-cut-bi-thuong-co-the-di-lai-binh-thuong-voi-giay-in-3d","status":"publish","type":"mona_application","link":"https:\/\/scantechvn.com\/en\/ung-dung\/chu-chim-canh-cut-bi-thuong-co-the-di-lai-binh-thuong-voi-giay-in-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"3D printed footwear lets Purps the injured penguin waddle and swim again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to 3D printing and a group of middle-school children, this African penguin is back with a confident new waddle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purps, a resident at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, injured a tendon in her ankle after getting into a fight with another penguin five years ago. She was initially given a boot fashioned out of a moldable plastic material to help support and provide protection for the immobilized ankle. However, the new boot proved too heavy and made it difficult for her to walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opportunity to help make a more lightweight and malleable boot was given to a group of students from the nearby Mystic Middle School. Together with the help of veterinarians from the aquarium and tech company 3D Systems<\/a>, they started by scanning Purps\u2019 foot to create a three-dimensional digital model. This was then used to create a 3D-printed boot that was customized specifically for the penguin’s ankle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also affectionately known as jackass penguins because of their donkey-like braying calls, this species of penguin is solely found on the southern coast of mainland Africa and its 25 surrounding islands. As of 2010, the IUCN Red List<\/a> classified them as an endangered species after intensified commercial fishing caused a sudden and ongoing decline in their population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project not only helped a member of an endangered species, but it gave our students a hands-on understanding of the 3D printing process and how to carry an idea through from a concept to a design to a usable object,\u201d Sue Prince, a library media specialists from Mystic Middle School, said in a statement to 3D Systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is by no means the first time 3D printing has been used in biomedicine or veterinary care. People have received 3D-printed vertebra implants<\/a> and skulls<\/a>, while many animals have been given a new lease on life thanks to this increasingly popular technique, such as the turtle that received a new jaw<\/a> or the toucan that was given a prosthetic beak<\/a>. Another penguin, Bagpipes, was also given a 3D-printed foot last month<\/a> in New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3D Systems also created a short film about the recovery story of Purps. You can watch the full cut here<\/a> and a slightly shorter version below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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