Injured Endangered Penguin Walks Again with 3D Printed Boot
From: Product Design & Development - 07/19/2016

In a collaborative endeavor led by the Mystic Aquarium's veterinary staff,
students at Mystic Middle School worked with technical experts from ACT
Group, a Connecticut-based 3D Systems partner, to make a lightweight,
custom-fit boot for Yellow/Purple (AKA "Purps"), a resident of Mystic
Aquarium’s endangered African penguin colony.

Using 3D Systems' 3D scanning, design and printing solutions, the group
improved upon previous efforts by providing Purps with a more efficient and
effective boot.

Purps was left with a nonfunctional flexor tendon in her ankle following an
altercation with another penguin. In an initial effort to immobilize, support
and protect the site of injury, veterinarians at Mystic Aquarium fashioned a
boot for Purps from moldable plastic material.

Read the entire article and view a video (2:15) at:
https://www.pddnet.com/article/2016/07/injured-endangered-penguin-walks-again-3d-printed-boot

Links:
Mystic Aquarium
http://www.mysticaquarium.org

ACT Group
http://www.goactgroup.com