3D printing is revolutionizing a lot of industries...  ...heir beaks and were saved thanks to the use of 3D prosthetics . Replacing a toucan beak is no easy task, the bea...

(Photo: Gabi Shull)When she was 9 years old, Gabi Shull was diagnosed with cancer in her right knee. So doctors amputated her leg, removed the knee, then re-attached the rest of the leg backwards. [https://www.youtube.co...

(Photo: Tom Bowditch)He's living the dream, I tell you. None of us have come as close to the full goat lifestyle. But there he is, beside his caprine brothers and sisters, eating grass on a steep hillside.Thomas Thwaites...

The Deer Creek Intermediate School in St. Francis, Wisconsin has a robotics team. Its equipment includes a 3D printer. The members learned about Ariah, a little girl in California who was born without most of her right h...

Chris P. Bacon When injuries cause the loss of a f...  ...ost. Two cases of animals who have benefited from prosthetics are pictured here. The adorable Chris P. Bacon, a...  ...ok and her life. Read about sixteen more cases of prosthetics

Pictured above is the oldest surviving prosthetic. Found in the necropolis of Thebes near modern-day Luxor, this prosthetic constructed of wood and leather is 3,000 years old. Testing was conducted as to whether the find...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrGsdrW8HlE](Video Link)Hayden Kinckle casually says, "I got it" as he walks for the first time since January. It's been a long struggle. He was born with omphalocele, a birth defect in wh...

(Photo: AP)Hofesh, a sea turtle, was caught in a fishing net off the coast of Israel in 2009. Doctors saved his life, but had to amputate his left-side fins, which were badly injured. As a result, Hofesh would probably d...

It’s the job of the make-up artist to turn o...  ...ether by make-up artist Stephanie Hernandez using prosthetics and makeup from The Scream Team, has definitely a...

(Image: CBS News)A quality prosthetic hand cost tens of thousands of dollars…until the advent of 3D printing. Now we’re entering an age when so many machines can be produced at low cost.12-year old Leon McCa...