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September 18, 2012

Wounded Eagle Gets New 3D Printed Beak

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:15 am

by Anita Li, Mashable

After being shot in the face by a poacher seven years ago, Beauty the bald eagle lost most of her beak. Without it, she couldn’t feed herself, and likely would have died in the wild. But now, Beauty’s getting a second chance at survival in the form of a 3D printed beak. A team of researchers, engineers and dentists created the world’s first prosthetic beak, which was modeled with CAD software and 3D-printed from nylon polymers.

http://mashable.com/2012/09/15/eagle-3d-printed/

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