3D Printing Company Creates Prosthetic Foot for Duck

Posted on July 3, 2013

Novacopy, a printing company in Nashville, printed a prosthetic foot for a duck using 3D printing technology. The duck, named Buttercup, was born with a backwards foot. The backwards foot was surgically removed, but Buttercup was not very mobile having a stumped leg. Buttercup was then fitted with the plastic prosthetic duck foot and he can now waddle much faster. You can read more about Buttercup's new foot here and here. Take a look:

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